This on-line museum showcases the projects built by Wellesley students participating in the Wintersession Robotic Design Studio course from 1996 -- 2005.

January 2005

Braving the blizzard of 2005 and buoyed by a band of boisterous and bodacious Blues, 26 brainy but bleary-eyed buddies built 12 brilliant and beautiful bots.

January 2004

Having taken a break in 2003, the RDS course came roaring back. 29 students built 13 wonderfulclever projects.

January 2002

To celebrate the last palindromic year of this century, 34 students built twelve delightful robot projects. Check them out!

January 2001

Arthur C. Clarke's HAL would have gladly opened the pod bay doors for the eleven creative robots constructed by this year's 25 students. We were delighted that John Galinato and his Build-It-Yourself team were able to join us at this year's exhibition.

January 2000

Undeterred by Y2K, 30 students worked in teams to construct twelve great robot projects. Here is the story of those projects, as told by the students.

January 1999

This time around, we limited enrollment to 20 students. We had a great class with wonderful projects! Here are a collection of web pages about the projects, created by each of the teams.

January 1998

The first time the course was held for credit, 30 Wellesley students worked in teams to create eleven spectacular robots for our exhibition. Here are a collection of web pages about the projects, created by each of the teams.

January 1996/1997

A gallery of projects from the non-credit pilot versions of Robotic Design Studio held during January 1996 and January 1997.