{"id":688,"date":"2011-10-21T17:55:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=688"},"modified":"2011-11-04T18:21:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:21:19","slug":"bird-of-a-different-feather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"Bird of a different feather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uakJ56sPmqg?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark&amp;hd=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eng.auburn.edu\/~troppel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thad Roppel\u2019s<\/a> electrical and computer engineering class recently \u201cborrowed\u201d Auburn\u2019s new indoor practice facility to conduct a test flight that might normally be done inside Jordan-Hare Stadium by Auburn\u2019s own Nova. Instead, Roppel\u2019s students launched an ornithopter \u2014 a robotic cardinal that operates via remote control. Robo Nova, as it has been dubbed, was on display for two years before students Jarred Beck, Brian Pappas and Emile Ewing brought it back to life. The August test flight garnered attention across campus, and was featured in stories written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewareaglereader.com\/2011\/08\/auburn-engineers-fly-mechanical-eagle-around-auburn-indoor-practice-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\">The War Eagle Reader<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/montgomery\/2011\/08\/auburn_university_engineering.html\" target=\"_blank\">AL.com<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.oanow.com\/news\/2011\/aug\/28\/au-engineering-students-revive-mechanical-eagle-ar-2333424\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opelika-Auburn News<\/a>. Our Auburn ornithopter video has been viewed more than 8,000 times on the college\u2019s YouTube channel at <a href=\"http:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/youtube\" target=\"_blank\">eng.auburn.edu\/youtube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thad Roppel\u2019s electrical and computer engineering class recently \u201cborrowed\u201d Auburn\u2019s new indoor practice facility to conduct a test flight that might normally be done inside Jordan-Hare Stadium by Auburn\u2019s own Nova. Instead, Roppel\u2019s students launched an ornithopter \u2014 a robotic cardinal that operates via remote control. 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