This animation was made by students (myself being one of them). All parts of the final robot were designed/made by students (myself having done that as well).
http://youtu.be/2ActK_rm9NI
During the season we saved our CAD drawings periodically as separate files. Later on in the season, one other student and myself put together these clips with Cinema 4D and then spliced them together with After Effects to create what you see here.