October… It’s our favorite month of year at Simplexity when pumpkins and robots take the stage and we crown the winning teams in our annual Halloween Mechatronics Contest! This year was a blast and most of the contestants from our 4 amazing engineering teams also participated in our 2019 Halloween Mechatronics Contest.  The teams were tasked with designing and building a Halloween-themed mechatronic contraption that uses advanced engineering skills in mechanical, electrical, computer, and controls engineering. It was a crazy contest this year and our engineers really outdid themselves, finding ways of making social distancing entertaining!

The 1st and 2nd place winners were determined by popular vote and they took home a special cash prize for their ingenious engineering skills and Halloween spirit.

Checkout the contestants and winners below!

Engineering Contest Entries: 

Grand Prize Winners:

The BATs

Dave Hough, Miki Bassey, Mike Herron, Will Clark, Mike Cheponis

Check out their blog for behind the scenes details!

Runner-up Winners:

The Gorgons

Amy Cheben, Kristin Pollock, Eliza MacLeod 

Check out their blog for behind the scenes details!

Candy Cannon

Neil Foxman, Dan Hastings, Chris Goetchius, Jonny Weeks, Grant Kadokura

Trick Treater 

Jeff Hixson, Arne Carlson, Nate Hague

Thank you to all the voters that contributed and helped to make this contest a huge success!