{"id":313436,"date":"2026-05-13T09:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/313436\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:53:11","slug":"industrial-automation-students-at-bc-showcase-their-senior-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/313436\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Automation Students at BC Showcase Their Senior Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, May 12, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Industrial Automation Department at Bakersfield College recently hosted their<br \/>\n                        Senior Project Open House. The event took place in the robotics lab in the Science<br \/>\n                        and Engineering building on BC\u2019s Panorama Campus. The students proudly displayed their<br \/>\n                        projects and were ready to answer questions while putting their projects into action.<br \/>\n                        The senior projects are part of the requirements to receive a bachelor\u2019s degree in<br \/>\n                        the Industrial Automation program.<\/p>\n<p>The public event attracted students, staff, and community members eager to see the<br \/>\n                        senior projects. The projects focused on a wide variety of subject areas including<br \/>\n                        agriculture, robotics, industrial processes, and more. There were more than a dozen<br \/>\n                        projects on display and each one represented a culmination of an entire semester of<br \/>\n                        planning, preparation, and work.<\/p>\n<p>One project titled \u2018Pegasus Robot Modernization\u2019 was coordinated by Industrial Automation<br \/>\n                        students Timothy Espinoza, Reginald Ramirez, and Chadrick Simpao. Their project focused<br \/>\n                        on refurbishing an outdated Pegasus 5-Axis Servo Robot to \u2018improve usability, performance<br \/>\n                        and accessibility for students and instructors.\u2019 They were all excited to talk about<br \/>\n                        the results of their project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur project here is that we\u2019re actually getting an old piece of legacy equipment<br \/>\n                        \u2013 a robotic arm that was originally made in 1995,\u201d said Timothy Espinoza, \u201cso what<br \/>\n                        we\u2019re trying to do is modernize it the best we can.\u201d \u00a0Reginald Ramirez also added,<br \/>\n                        \u201cEssentially what we\u2019re trying to do is give this robot another life, and its going<br \/>\n                        to give students an opportunity to get their hands on a piece of legacy equipment<br \/>\n                        that\u2019s been updated,\u201d he said, \u201cso its going to give them some familiarity with the<br \/>\n                        newer robot systems they have been using in class.\u201d Their goal was not only to refurbish<br \/>\n                        the robot, but also to make it easy to use for future students and users. Mr. Espinoza<br \/>\n                        talked about future usage of the robot, \u201cWe were especially trying make it as friendly<br \/>\n                        and simplistic as possible for everyone,\u201d he said, \u201cwhen our project is fully completed<br \/>\n                        next semester, we want to be able to hand the HMI panel to anyone \u2013 and they would<br \/>\n                        be able to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other projects included a rebuild of the Kern County Sheriff Department robot car,<br \/>\n                        a re-purposed industrial process trainer, a laser guided vehicle, and several others.<br \/>\n                        Attendees were welcome to preview the projects, interact with the students, and even<br \/>\n                        operate a few of the items. Congratulations to all the students who participated,<br \/>\n                        and good luck with completing your bachelor&#8217;s degree at Bakersfield College.<\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/industrial-auto-senior-projects-story-MAY2026-SQ4.jpg\" alt=\"college age female operating a remote controlled miniature police car\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/industrial-auto-senior-projects-story-MAY2026-SQ3.jpg\" alt=\"industrial automation student fixing a wheel on a vehicle project\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/industrial-auto-senior-projects-story-MAY2026-SQ1.jpg\" alt=\"Reginald Ramirez showcasing his groups' robotic arm project\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/industrial-auto-senior-projects-story-MAY2026-SQ2.jpg\" alt=\"student standing near an agricultural project - a clear box with a green plan in soil\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/industrial-auto-senior-projects-story-MAY2026-H1.jpg\" alt=\"three students wearing black shirts observing a remote controlled miniature police car\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, May 12, 2026 The Industrial Automation Department at Bakersfield College recently hosted their Senior Project Open House.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-313436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}