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Page 6 University Daily Kansan Friday, April 17, 1953
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Robot Squirrel Shown At Engineering Display
Sque, a robot squirrel, is one of the features of the 33rd annual Engineering Exposition, which began at 9 a.m. today and will continue to 9 p.m. and from 8:30 to noon Saturday.
Sque was built by John Hillburn Jr., a senior in electrical engineering. The robot is 20 inches long and about seven inches high. It will be able to get out of its nest, go look for food, pick up the food, locate its nest, and carry the food back to it.
"Our pet doesn't have any covering over the mechanical parts, so the spectators will be able to see how it works," Hilburn said. "It has three wheels which it uses for locomotion and a pair of scoop hands to pick up food and carry other objects. It has two lights for eyes, and a brain consisting of 13 electrical relays."
The originator of Sque said that he built it to show that mechanical devices can exert the same thinking as the human brain. Hilburn is being assisted by R. T. Carpenter, engineering sophomore.
The exposition is housed in seven locations, Marvin hall, Lindley hall, Military Science building, electrical engineering laboratory, mechanical engineering laboratory, hydraulic and aeronautical engineering laboratory, and Fowler shops.
Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity, will present a trophy to the best departmental display at the exposition.
A 12-foot refracting telescope, said to be one of the best amateur telescopes in the U.S., will be exhibited in Marvin hall. Visitors may look through it at the surrounding countryside. The telescope was built by Karl Esch, a senior in engineering physics, in the backyard of his home in Cherryvale.
The aeronautical engineering display will include a 1912 plane loaned by the Phillips Petroleum company, movies on the Wright brothers,
and a full-size jet engine which will be operated for five minutes every hour. Six free airplane rides over Lawrence Saturday afternoon will also be taken.
Boy Scouts from Lawrence will set off a miniature atomic blast during the show. An aspirin factory will be exhibited by the chemical engineering students, and a model city, complete with its own water system and an 8-foot earth-filled dam will be presented by the civil engineering department.
Mechanical engineers will exhibit various types of machinery, including a Jaguar automotive engine. The architectural engineering display will be student work consisting of models done in class.
Departments participating in the Exposition are aeronautical engineering, architectural and architectural engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, engineering physics, geological engineering, mechanical engineering, mining and metallurgical engineering, and petroleum engineering.
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