Big Bad Robots
Maker Faire Bay Area 2015
May 15th-17th
Big & Bad is all relative in robotics. Don't judge a robot by its size. Join Robogames founder David Caulkins with roboticists Mark Setrakian (Robot Combat League) and Gui Cavalcanti (MegaBots) and artist Christan Ristow (Hand of Man) to discuss the nuances of what is "big and bad."
David Calkins
David Calkins is a widely respected robot builder and expert. He has taught robotics and computer engineering at SFSU, is the president of the Robotics Society of America, Founder of the International RoboGames, and has lots of other pedantic titles.
http://robogames.net/
Gui Cavalcanti
Gui makes improbable, ridiculous things come to life. He is the founder of Artisan’s Asylum, co-founder of Project Hexapod, a former systems integrator & mechanical engineer at Boston Dynamics, & a contestant on Discovery Channel’s Big Brain Theory.
http://imaginationfabrication.com/
Mark Setrakian
Mark Setrakian is one of the world's leading roboticists. Combining his life-long passion for monsters and machines, he started his career at the age of nineteen at George Lucas' ILM. Defying the boundary between art and engineering, Mark's work in robotics focuses on fluid motion and the human interface.
Christian Ristow
Christian Ristow cannot seem to stop making these large and ridiculous sculptures. He hopes you enjoy them.
http://christianristow.com/
