Inspiring through robotics: show and tell of a VR-powered telepresence robot

Maker Faire Bay Area 2016

May 20th-22nd

Presentation Education

Through this talk we'll share experiences of the show and tell of a project(3D printed robot VR & gesture control using Oculus Rift & Leap Motion. ), from high-schools to tech fairs, and how eventually it became a flag project to inspire many to tinker and make.

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Adrian Catalan

Adrián has been involved in software industry for 10+ years, working both in web and mobile apps. GDG Guatemala, GuatemalaJS and Nodebots co-organizer. Currently he leads the Innovation Lab at Galileo University and is a Google Developer Expert(GDE) for Android, IoT and Firebase.

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Luis Jimenez

Computer Science Engineering undergraduate with a huge interest in working with hardware, working on tech demos and presenting them to people. Right now I work at Universidad Galileo in Guatemala, where I give workshops on programming and electronics to high-school students, and give presentations about engineering and technologies related to their possible career paths.

Categories: Education, 3D Printing, Arduino, Engineering

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