Monday, March 10, 2014

Educational Grant update

A dark cold evening in the late fall, the board members of SILL Research attended a educational grant proposal meeting hosted by the grant writer, Mr Lukas Severinghaus. After a well composed Power Point presentation and Q&A, the board voted to grant funding for Phase 1-3, which in reality only meant Phase 3 funding, phase 1 and 2 had no funding requirements.
Not unlike other proposals and project, this one met its share of challenges, as well as unexpected breakthroughs and surprises. This week, Lukas was able to complete these Phases. He along with his assistant Mr Noah hauled the robot upstairs, in pieces, assembled it, and proudly demonstrated it for the board member that was available at the time. The large, extremely heavy robot moved backwards and forwards on its own! Success!!!!

The board is now eagerly awaiting the next briefing, what will the robot do next?



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