Robot Dance Off

Boyuan Chen is teaching a new robotics course that has undergraduates learn to build and program small robots with anywhere from two to eight legs.

Upon joining Duke University's faculty in July 2022, Chen immediately established Robot Studio, a course that had greatly enriched his experience as a PhD student at Columbia University.

Each semester, he helps about 20 undergraduate students spanning multiple departments at Duke Engineering learn what it takes to design and build a small robot that can walk.

At the end of the semester, students gather together in front of the Duke Chapel to hold a final parade of their little friends. But it’s not a contest and it’s not a test. It’s a reflection and celebration of how far they’ve come in just a few months, and a chance to get to see peoples’ reactions to their robots.

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