A 2015 graduate of Mountain Home High School has won an engineering prize in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) 2.007 “Design and Manufacturing I” robotics challenge. John Taylor Novak’s robot “Redeye” was ranked number one going into the tournament and earned the event’s high score.
Redeye was designed to maximize points in the Calculated Imagination game with the use of a double-reversing four bar mechanism coupled with a driving wedge and ramp system. Novak’s top score was 1795, with the second place score only being 360.
Novak was awarded the Whitelaw Prize, including a cash award, by the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering for “Outstanding Robot Design.” Novak just completed his junior year as a mechanical engineering student and currently attends MIT on a FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) scholarship.
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