I went to this event last weekend with a couple of my classmates from my robotics course.

The event is a 3 day long expo held in San Francisco, of all things Robotics related, ranging from simple robot related artwork to full on artificial intelligence demos. The biggest event by far is the 'BattleBots' competition where teams build combat robots to duel in a large metal arena shielded in an iron and bulletproof glass cage. It's quite a spectacle to see. ^^

My classmates are talking about submitting our UAV to the navigation competition next year. It seems that there isn't much aerial vehicles yet. We're also going to try to persuade the Mech-e and Electrical engineering department back at our campus to start competing. I'm sure they'll blow them all out of the water if they did! XD

Here's some highlights of the stuff we saw:




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The Beer Keg flamethrower robot was a great crowd-pleaser. XD Has anyone competed in something like this? I'd be interested to hear what it's like to be part of the action. =]