University of Waterloo students build a Grumobile [Video]

A group of University of Waterloo students put their engineering skills to the test whilst creating their latest engineering project.

Inspired by a beloved animated character, from the ‘Despicable Me’ movie franchise, they’ve built a smaller electric version of Gru’s iconic vehicle from scratch.

And they did it in less than a week.

“I think a lot of people ‘Gru up’ with the ‘Despicable Me’ series and it would just seem like a really fun shape,” joked engineering student Anson Yu. “We figured that with a little bit of spray paint and magic, we could make something that could actually look like it.”

The group has taken the vehicle around campus and even to a local drive-thru.

“Designing and building it makes you realize how many features are in an actual functioning car and, yeah, a lot of respect for those engineers,” Yu said laughing. “I think there’s a lot of people building very serious things, especially at this …