RoboGames 2009

illustration by Doctor Popular

RoboGames 2009, the world’s largest open robot competition, takes place this weekend, Friday, June 12th through Sunday, June 14th at Fort Mason Festival Pavilion in San Francisco. Here’s the full schedule and advance tickets are now on sale.

RoboGames invites the best minds from around the world to compete in over 70 different events. Combat robots, walking humanoids, soccer bots, sumo bots, and even androids that do kung-fu. Some robots are autonomous, some are remote controlled, some spew fire, some just look cool. Get your geek on and come on down!

photo by Lenore Edman

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories created this year’s awesome RoboGames awards.

photo by Scott Beale

Here are some photos and video I shot at RoboGames 2008.