The No Starch Press Blog

David Calkins, RoboGames founder:

We’re very proud of what we’ve built here. This is the world’s largest open competition. Absolutely anyone can compete. You don’t have to go to a high school or university, you don’t have to be rich, you don’t have to be part of some company, and you don’t have to be a set age or gender. We’ve got kids 15 years old competing against 60 year old professional roboticists, Iranians going up against Americans, men vs. women, and grad students competing against handymen.

Robot-creators gathered this weekend in San Francisco to show off their handiwork–and to destroy each others’ robots. Here’s a taste of the combat action (a 2005 clip of Supermegabyte and Ziggy):

A true show of human ingenuity all around; from the Chinese androids to the food vendor using an iron to cook hot dogs…

More video of the 2006 Robogames by Geek Entertainment TV:

Wrap-Up
Megabyte Vs. Devil’s Plunger

See the final results of the 2007 battles at the RoboGames site.