March 10, 2009

Beaver Student-Athletes Win Robotics Contest

PASADENA, CA - This year's version of the annual ME 72 competition pitted Caltech engineering students in a contest of operating their hand-built robots and maneuvering them through an obstacle course that included the campus' famous Millikan Pond with the finish line atop an arching bridge.  Senior student-athletes: Kevin Noertker of the Beaver baseball team and Marc Sells a javelin thrower on the Caltech track and field team teamed up for victory with their invention known as "Newt N' Salamander".  Please click below to read the newspaper coverage of this event.

LA TIMES - Race of Caltech Robots

PASADENA STAR NEWS - Caltech students test robotic boats