I got a request from an organizer of the Maker Faire to try and find a robotics event that they could host May 30-31, 2009 at the San Mateo County Expo Center. For those that don’t know, it’s a giant expo for people who build stuff to show off and meet others. It is way cool.
Are teams interested in having some sort of FIRST event there? They’ll have a large room and power, but that’s about it. Someone would need to provide the field and everyone else would bring robots. Actually, I bet they’d be happy with just robots even if no field was there.
If there is a quorum, I can let the organizer know to start making the relevant preparations.
From http://www.makerfaire.com/ :
The World's Largest DIY Festival
A two-day, family-friendly event to MAKE, create, learn, invent, CRAFT, recycle, think, play and be inspired by celebrating arts, crafts, engineering, food, music, science and technology.
Maker Faire 2008 was probably one of my fondest memories of robotics :o
However, it did require a tremendous team effort. We had to man our booth from 9 am to 6 or 8 pm at night for two days. At least 25 people were on shifts talking to people and driving the robots.
With finals coming up at Woodside and Carlmont the decision was made not to go to maker faire . We simply do not have enough people to pull off another demo that size.
We contacted 604 about a joint demo but never really heard much back.
If the time comitment is smaller (4 hours each day) I can probably get team 100 to go. Let me know!
We replied to you guys, but didn’t hear back either. There must have been a hole in our communication with each other. We’d still love to demo, though.