Watch robots compete in the Mechatronics Public Demo! Cheer on their sleep-deprived creators as they run their ‘bots through the field. Thrill to battles between autonomous robots navigating the field, dodging obstacles, and scoring points by shooting their ping pong ball ammo at the opponent robot! Come see this exciting SLUGNIFICANT SEVEN competition!

What: CMPE118 Mechatronics Public Demo

Where: UCSC Media Theater (M110)

When: Friday 7-Dec-2018, 6:15 - 8:30PM

The Mechatronics class is having their public demonstration of their final design project, SLUGNIFICANT SEVEN, Friday 7-Dec-2018 at 6:15 PM in the UCSC Media Theater (M110).

In this thrilling competition, teams from UCSC's Mechatronics course will pit their autonomous robots against each other in an epic SLUGNIFICANT SEVEN duel. Each robotic champion will begin back to back, then race to the initial firing zone at the other end of the field. From there, they can either destroy their opponent with ping pong ball ammo, or advance to a better firing position by hiding behind the obstacles. The champions will compete in a wild head to head tournament, until only one robot emerges victorious!

The public is invited (you might have to duck a few ping-pong balls) and the teams will be on hand to explain their designs to one and all. Come see what these students have accomplished in 10 weeks and cheer on the competition.

The flyer: https://classes.soe.ucsc.edu/cmpe118/Fall18/SlugnificantSeven_Invite.pdf 

The project specs: https://classes.soe.ucsc.edu/cmpe118/Fall18/ProjectOverview_SlugnificantSeven.pdf 

There will be a live webcast starting at 6PM: 

www.twitch.tv/elkaim_ucsc (close up of the field)

www.twitch.tv/mdunneucsc (wide view of room)

Feel free to forward this to any and all that might be interested, children (future engineers) especially welcome.