We demonstrated Keepon at yesterday’s reception for the 35th Carnegie Symposium on Cognition: Development and Brain Systems in Autism. Temple Grandin was a speaker, along with a host of scientists who gave truly high-quality talks about the latest genetics, brain imaging, and behavioral research on autism.
Appearances
We’re exhibiting Keepon at this year’s WIRED NextFest in Chicago’s Millennium Park just next to the big shiny bean. Slightly different than last year’s format, this year’s event lasts two weeks (September 27-October 12) and is free and open to the public every day from 11am-7pm (except Thursdays, when the hours are 12pm-8pm, and Mondays, when it’s closed).
UPDATE: We’d like to thank the over 70,000 visitors for coming to check out NextFest!
Keepon was mentioned in the Chicago Tribune, a report by Somewhat Frank, and The Windy Citizen.
Robot 250 is a part of Pittsburgh’s 250th anniversary celebrations. This weekend was the Block Party, a showcase of robots at the Carnegie Science Center. Keepon was on display yesterday and today — including our new dance game.
At this year’s AAAI conference in Chicago, the Mobile Robot Competition includes a Robotics and Creativity workshop. Keepon was invited! On Monday we gave talks (including a number of other musical and dancing robots, such as Haile, Absolut Quartet, and Robonova), and demonstrations are Tuesday and Wednesday.
Keepon was exhibited at a “patent attorney day” festival today at the Tokyo Science Museum. We had six of the robots on display, doing face tracking, dancing, game controller teleop, and a new dance game we’ve developed using a pressure-sensing board (more on that later).
