{"id":88,"date":"2026-09-16T21:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/top-tier\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2026-09-29T01:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T01:02:35","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/top-tier\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"88\" class=\"elementor elementor-88\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c108c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"45c108c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b973986 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b973986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Top T.I.E.R.<\/strong> &#8211; short for <strong>Themed Interactive Entertainment Robotics,<\/strong>\u00a0is an ETC project creating an immersive Old West experience centered around a humanoid robot character.<\/p><p>Guests enter the world as aspiring outlaws, competing for a place in the gang through a series of interactive challenges. 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