As most of you know, the Buzz Robotics logo is the classic smiley face. Let me iterate how this came about.
I was not around when our logo became associated with the team, however through the help of original members I have been able to uncover the story behind the Buzz.
In our rookie year (1996) our robot had a suction cup to aid in its playing of the current year's game (Hexagon Havoc). I am not entirely sure whether or not it was a mentor or student who chose to draw a smiley face on the suction cup, nonetheless it was a member of the team.
I was told that at a competition a newspaper photographer took a picture of Buzz 1996, smiley suction cup and all.
The picture was later sent us, and recognized and embraced as "Oh, that's cool".
Since then the smiley face has
stuck with the team. (Hence the suction cup).
Just shows how a little doodling on the robot can lead to the creation of such a recognizable logo.
Below is a link to our site to view all of our bots. Especially the original, 1996.
http://www.buzzrobotics.org/theBuzzBots.htm