Tiny Robot Soccer!
Maker Faire Bay Area 2026
September 25th-27th
Duke it out in teams of two on the tiny robot soccer field, using retro game controllers to drive Sesame robots.
Sesame is a palm-sized quadruped robot designed completely from scratch by Dorian Todd, and has gathered over 1.1M combined views on YouTube. Watch a real-time dynamic camera view of the game on a big screen for the audience with live scores and effects, or simply mess around with the Sesame robot in the testing zone! Optionally, you can bring your own mini robot! Non-Combat Robots that weigh <2 lbs are invited to drop into the soccer field and see how they fare up against the Sesame robots. Formal tournaments are not currently planned but participants will receive a keychain!
The booth also features free stickers and swag, and more.
Come challenge your friends and drive innovative little robots at Tiny Robot Soccer!
Full Contact Engineering
Full Contact Engineering (FCE) is a maker initiative founded by Dorian Todd and built around one idea: engineering should be something you experience, not just observe. The name comes from the process itself: deeply hands-on projects that range from NeoPixel art installations to 15lb combat robots. FCE has brought that energy to Open Sauce and Maker Faire Bay Area in 2024 and 2025, earning an Editor's Choice Award and connecting thousands of people with accessible, exciting STEM. But FCE is growing beyond the booth. The website has become a destination for genuinely great open-source hardware, including the Sesame robot build kit, pre-assembled V3 PCBs, and a pipeline of new projects in the works. Whether you discover us at an event or online, the goal is the same: give makers everywhere the tools to build something amazing.
