As each user concentrates, the planchette slides across the board to spell out a word or answer a question. Our client-server system facilitates many simultaneous users cooperating to share a single robot. To our knowledge, this is the first collaboratively controlled robot on the Internet. These students are among many enrolled in undergraduate research projects each year to enrich their employment and educational opportunities. For most students, the experience is a preview for the real world.
Some students move on to take jobs in the laboratories in which they apprenticed.
Others will be exposed to interdisciplinary research and discover academic and professional talents they had never considered before. It helped me get closer to the faculty and it will help me in interviews, when I want to show employers how I can apply my knowledge to practical tasks. Currently, there are about 10 openings in the URO program, with applications due Tuesday, January 30. Students at any level of undergraduate training can enroll.