[onecoolc]

If letting other people drive the robot is out of the question (some drive systems aren't user-friendly), you can always drive the robot around and have it interact with people.

At our schools club night we brought out the 2009 'bot and had it shoot Lunacy balls at random passerby. This was safe because there was virtually no propulsion (with our design the balls would shoot out less than a foot on their own power) and the balls were soft. If you decide to do something like that, make sure you have a spotter to keep track of the robot (and gather up the balls), and don’t shoot things at people who don’t look interested in the robotics program. Annoying people would be bad.

If shooting balls at people is a bad idea for your venue, there’s always the option of having the robot follow people around. That’s best accomplished with FTC bots if you have one, as they don’t block traffic as much in the process of people-following.