Making Videos, Making Fairs

Producing robot-building events requires warp-speed learning. In just the past few days, helping with a Dublin Maker event, I learned:

to quickly make and post educational videos
to setup and run a RoboSlam educational booth
how to teach teenty-tiny tots to build robots
what “Makers” are, what they do, and how they talk (it’s a whole new language to me!)
about 3-D printing and how to build (and even invent) your own machines using laser cutters and 3-D printers

I’ve posted links to two videos I made as well as some photos from last Saturday’s Dublin Maker event.

Here’s the edited video we posted to introduce RoboSlam.com to website visitors. I am really quite proud of it!

Here’s the short promo video we posted earlier last week to advertise the fair:

I wish I could convey the excitement of seeing little four and six year old girls build their first robots… and tiny little boys jump up and down with glee as they discover the difference between remote-controlled and autonomous robots!

Although I captured some behind-the-scenes images of set up and take down with my still cameras (posted below) they don’t come anywhere close to showing what it was like to be there. Fortunately, I was able to capture some video of the kids building and operating robots so we can learn from it and create even better programs in the future!