UC robotics team helps Keep Cincinnati Beautiful

When Keep Cincinnati Beautiful’s trash picking robot Les Litter broke down on the way to City Hall, the University of Cincinnati robotics team came to the rescue.

UC communication student and Keep Cincinnati Beautiful volunteer Josh Stevens connected with professor Ernie Hall, director of the UC Center for Robotics.

Mark McCrate, an engineering graduate student and a long-time member of the robotics team, made the trip to a local auto parts store for a “jarmundo” battery and replacements for the “cooked” fuses and, after several hours of tinkering, the robot was as good as new.

Les Litter was built in Atlanta specifically for the City of Cincinnati.

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