RoboFest 5-1994


RoboFest 5 was held at the Austin Coliseum on March 26-27 1994.
RoboFest 5 Press Release



Robot Group Projects:

  • The Blimps: The Bipedal Ornithopter, The Shark Blimp, Mark IV - Alex Iles, Bill Craig, Carlos Puchol, David Santos, Brooks Coleman, George Parks.
  • Blimp People: An Inflatable Chorus-Line of Mylar Body Suits with RC Cars for Feet -Brooks Coleman.
  • Robot Sumou: - High School Contestants.
  • Multiple Mobile Platforms, Remote Computer Control and Telepresence: -V. Konradi, G. Currie, C. Puchol, C. Thompson, and many more.
  • Oscar, the Trashcan: -Leon Hubby and Kevin Derichs.
  • RoboCasing: -Wan Yik Lee.
  • Shrinking Robot Heads- a Robot Band: -Craig and Charlene Sainsott.
  • ProtoAndroid, The Pitbull, Varmint, The Crawling Hand: -Dave Santos and Brooks Coleman.
  • Eyecon Interactive Media: - Full-body Interactive Video Play Area -Karen Pittman and John Witham.
  • DweebVision: - A Telepresence Experiment -Glenn Currie.
  • A Space Shuttle Simulator: -Linda Brown, Space Science Austin & The Robot Group.
  • The Block Heads: - The Punching Arms -Brooks Coleman.


Night Show Participants:

  • Shrinking Robot Heads
  • Liquid Mice
  • Body Synth
  • Fred Mitchum
  • James McCartney
  • Eva
  • Out of K-oS
  • Dissemination Network

Poster


Promotional Items:

  • Tee-Shirt
  • Robot Coloring Book
  • Day Show Poster
  • Night Show Poster


Exhibitors:

  • Spoonimation - Spoon Man.
  • Body Synth, a MIDI Body Suit.Ed Severinghaus & Chris Van Raalte
  • The Physics Circus - Dr. Karl Trappe, UT Austin. (Saturday show only, at 4pm to 5pm)
  • Virtual Reality Exhibit
  • EFF-Austin - The Facts About the Information Super Highway, Internet Surfing & Cyberspace.
  • Austin Community College- Computer Class Demo

Pictures From Robofest 5:

Babbling Face

Babbling Robot Face

Girl with Dweebvision

Little Girl Playing with DweebVision


Guest Speakers:

  • Richard Garriott-Founder/CEO of Origin Systems
  • Chuck McManis - Sun Microsystems
  • Scott Jantz / Reid Harrison, University of Florida
  • Jerry Burton, Southern California Robotics Society
  • P. K. Oberoi - MIT Media Lab /Lego Robotics
  • Ben Kuipers UT Professor
  • Joanne Pransky-Robotic Psychiatrist
  • Mark Thorpe- Robot Wars Organizer
  • Steve Ryan-Lawyer

The Robot Group

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