Past Events

Please review the Robothon Events listing.......

MiniRobothon

—- October 12, 2024

 

Build Challenge 1 :

First Place –  Chas Ihler, Scooter
Second Place – John Jennings, Audacity

Build Challenge 2 :

First Place – Chas Ihler, Scooter
Second Place – Chas Ihler, Electric Mayhem
Third Place – John Jennings, Audacity

Build Challenge 3 :

No Contestants – Technical Issues

Mini-Sumo :

First Place – Bob Cook, Thin Man
Second Place – John Jennings, Dozer
Third Place – Donna Smith, Snoopy

Robo-Magellan :

First Place – John Jennings, Audacity
Second Place – Bob Cook, Ferdy

 

MiniRobothon

—- June 8, 2024


Build Challenge 1 :

First Place –  Scooter
Second Place – RoboKame 2.1

Build Challenge 2 :

No Contestants

Build Challenge 3 :

No Contestants

Mini-Sumo :

First Place – WhatNot
Second Place – Mini Slam

Pop Can Challenge :

First Place – Gdgt
Second Place – PopBot 0.4
Third Place – RoboKame2.1

 

Robothon Virtual Exhibition 3

—- Aug 27, 2022


YouTube Video on SRS Clips-n-More – 2:51:53

Lloyd Moore – Welcome and Introductions

Dan Royer – Machine Learning dog walk in Unity – 0:01:53 to 20:55
Jim Kinsvater – Rover Robot – 21:50 to 37:17
Steven Kaehler – Building and Programming Makeblock Robots – 0:37:18 to 0:55:45

——— break ———– about 10 minutes; discussions continued
Chas Ihler – PopBot and the SRS Pop-Can Challenge – 1:07:00 to 1:26:45
Doug Dodgen – Function Prototype of a Telepresence Robot – 1:26:57 to 1:44:05
John Jennings – The “Pop-Can” Robot – 1:44:25 to 2:00:45

——— break ———– about 10 minutes; discussions continued
James Newton – Web-smart-phone-screen-blink-bot – 2:10:55 to 2:28:20
Donna Smith – My Robot Builds bucket-list – 2:28:50 to 2:48:40


 

Robothon Virtual Exhibition 2

—- Nov 13, 2021


YouTube Video on SRS Clips-n-More – 2:15:59

This video, hosted by Lloyd Moore, showcases five project presentations.

Event introduction and comments by host, Lloyd Moore – 0:00 to 2:51

  1. Dave Mier – Autodave, for the SRS Robo-Magellan and Pop Can Challenge– 2:52 to 24:55

  2. James Newton – SDMG Web-Bot– 24:59 to 51:59

  3. Fred Douthit – What is ‘Rovers, Drones, Satellites, Navigation and More’? – 52:00 to 1:06:16

Break – 1:06:17 to 1:07:12

  1. Dan Royer – Spot Micro Simulation– 1:07:13 to 1:22:33

  2. Jim Kindsvater – Robot Vision and the Jetson Nano– 1:22:34 to 1:49:02

Event conclusion – 1:49:03 to 1:52:40

Post-event comments, Q&A, and discussions – 1:53:47 to 2:15:59


 

Robothon Virtual Exhibition 1

—- Jul 10, 2021


YouTube Video on SRS Clips-n-More – (2:25:55)

This video, hosted by Lloyd Moore, showcases five project presentations.

Presentations by:

Event introduction and comments by host, Lloyd Moore – 0:00 to 2:59

  1. John Jennings – Swappy Robo-Magellan Robot– 3:00 to 26:30

  2. Bob Cook – Snail’s Pace Rope Climbing Break– 26:40 to 50:50

Break – General unscripted discussions – 50:51 to 1:07:19

  1. Steve Kaehler – Educating Kids about Robotics using the Elegoo SMART Robot Car– 1:07:20 to 1:35:30

  2. Dan Royer – Art Robots– 1:35:33 to 2:01:30

  3. Carl Ott – Hoversim– 2:01:40 to 2:25:35

Event conclusion by host, Lloyd Moore – 2:25:36 to 2:25:55


 

Robothon Virtual Mini Sumo Contest

—- Jan 16, 2021


YouTube Video on SRS Clips-n-More – (0:00 to 1:36:15)

This video showcases the competition of four mini sumo robots.

Contest rules for sumo contests on Robothon website

Introduction to the contest – 2:55 to 7:44

Book Recommendation – Robot Sumo by Pete Miles

Description of the arena or dohyo and robot size frames – 7:45 to 10:35

Description of the setup for a typical sumo matches, 3 bouts/match – 10:36 to 12:20

Contestant qualification – 12:21 to 23:30

Pre-contest break – 23:31 to 30:05

Contestant Competition Order

1) Donna Smith – “Smashit” at 494g

2.) Donna Smith – “Snoopy” at 494g

3.) John Jennings – “Muddy” at 436g

4.) Cayden Jennings – “Tank” at 315g

Contest begins – 30:06

Smashit vs. Snoopy – 33:05 to 36:32

Muddy vs. Tank – 36:33 to 42:00

Smashit vs. Tank – 42:01 to 47:12

Snoopy vs. Smashit – 47:45 to 52:30

Tank vs. Smashit – 56:30 to 1:07:05

Contest Results

First Place – Tank

Second Place – Smashit

Rumble (all robots at once) was planned not done because Donna needed another person. 

 Post contest Q&A’s – 1:10:10 to 1:36:15