Sluggers of the Lost Goal: Mud, Slime, and World Cup Madness!

Watch robots compete in the Mechatronics Public Demo! Cheer on their sleep-deprived creators as they run their ‘bots through the field.Thrill to contest between autonomous robots navigating the field and score points by shooting ping-pong balls at each other and scoring the Golden Goal! Come see this exciting Sluggers of the Lost Goal competition!

The Mechatronics class is having their public demonstration of their final design project, Sluggers of the Lost Goal: Mud, Slime, and World Cup Madness! , Friday June 5th, 2026 at 6:15 PM in the UCSC Kresge Auditorium.

In this thrilling competition, teams from UCSC’s Mechatronics course will pit their autonomous robots against each other in an epic Sluggers of the Lost Goal Competition. Each robotic agent will navigate the field, shoot ping pong balls at each other, hide behind obstacles, and try to score the golden goal. The champions will compete in a wild head to head tournament, until one robot emerges victorious! The Public is welcome (and it is free)!

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.

There will be a live webcast starting at 6PM: www.twitch.tv/elkaim_ucsc (we will try, might not work)

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