ROBOTFEST
where creativity and technology meet
Fall 2020 ?
Rescheduled due to safety concerns involving Covid-19
Future reschedule updates will be announced here
Location
To Be determined
Robot Fest is an annual event for anyone interested in the creative use of technology. We welcome all roboticists, hackers, artists, hobbyists and makers of any age who have the unquenchable urge to develop and create new, previously unseen forms from lifeless electronics, fabrics and mechanical parts. Join the fun and excitement with hands-on exhibits, and workshops!
- (410) 419-8247
- info[at]robotfest.com
JOIN US!
Volunteers and new exhibitors are welcome and encouraged to apply.
Click the link below to fill out a short form telling us why you love robots and how we can make your Robotfest experience is great
Featured Activities
Bomb Squad Robots
Military and Law Enforcement bomb squad robots take a day off their normal duties to have a little fun and show off at Robotfest!
Local Combat Robot League
Learn about a Local Combat Robot League you can JOIN. Learn how to build your own "affordable" Combat Robot that you can use to compete in local Combat events!
Paper Circuit
Create your own Paper Circuit Be Creative - construct a electrical circuit on paper using LEDs and copper foil! By Cibitronics
full story in images
Learn to SOLDER a Electronic Circuit! Make your own cool LED RobotFest Wearable Badge that lights up!
Supporters
Exhibitors
The Thread Witch
e-textiles
Baltimore Robotics
Center
Robots!
Hackground
Stem Club
Halloween
Animatronics
Arduinophone Robotic
xylophone
Arduinophone (the programmable robotic bell playing xylophone doorbell.
Jeff Levine, a member of the Baltimore Node hackerspace: I decided I wanted to try to play around with an Arduino board, so I got one along with a stepper & a servo. I didn’t really have any specific project in mind at first, other than maybe something musical, and this is what I came up with for my first project that I wanted to keep very simple with only some basic stepper/servo controlling. I just started lasercutting some parts – servo drives the rack & slide / stepper strikes the xylophone bells. Again, my first Arduino project, just playing around so please don’t be mean with your comments. I’m thinking about hooking it up to my doorbell, so I can change the tune when somebody rings anytime I want (and, yes, I do have too much time on my hands). For kids, though, I think it would be a good fun educational robotics project
STEM
Robots
Thermin Musical
Instruments
Harrison Instruments designs quality theremins using a variety of technologies, and fabricates prototypes for both consumer-direct and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) requirements. The theremin, named for its inventor, Leon Theremin, was introduced in the 1920s as one of the first electronic musical instruments. The owner of the company, Arthur Harrison, oversees the design and production of all Harrison Instruments theremins to provide the highest performance for cost, meeting his personal criteria for rugged, reliable and playable instruments.
Baltimore
Hackerspace
ROBOTS
Robots robots
Solder Workshop
Roboxen
MakerSpace
Chesapeake Arts Center MakerSpace
Build your own ROBOX a cardboard Robot Kit. A simple kid friendly robot that you get to build and take with you. Learn about the MakerSpace and how you can get involved. Robot builders of all ages can come a build a simple little robot out of card board
SDYI
Synth Music
Electronic Music & sound effects provided by Logan Mitchell Sr. of the Baltimore SDIY Group: The Baltimore SDIY Group.
Bomb
Squad
MD Police
See a demo of the Bomb Robot used by the Maryland State Police Bomb Squad.
Circuits
On Paper
Explore your creative side by building artistic Paper Circuits using LEDs, copper foil, and a battery.
Light
Painting
Baltimore
NODE
Hackerspace
The Baltimore Node is a member-run hackerspace where people can hack, craft, and make interesting things in a supportive and collaborative environment. This year we’re bringing back the popular compressed air rocket launcher to shoot paper cardboard tube rockets and nerf darts. We’ll also bring a 3D printer makerbot and also a stormtrooper. The Node sponsors regular workshops and events on a broad range of topics. Come find us at 120 W North Avenue in Baltimore or online at baltimorenode.org.
Robot
School Team
Robot Club/team of St. Philip Neri School
Unaallocated
Space
Hackerspace
unallocatedspace.org
Wortman
Makers
Laser cutting, vacuum forming, 3d printing, embroidery machine, robotics/microcontrollers. We are a family of Makers. At our booth, you will see the mom with her Husquvarna Viking Topaz 20 Embroidery Machine that makes fashion paper dolls; the son with his Afinia 3D printer, which will be making a Robot Whistle army; and the electronics enthusiast dad with his microcontroller robots and blinking LED projects.
MD3E
Music
MD3E (Maryland Electronic, Experimental, and Electroacoustic) is an informal confluence of people interested in promoting experimental music in the D.C. / Baltimore area. our primary mission, in fact, incorporates the support of N.E.M. at the yearly “Electronica-fest” event which we have curated for the last 6 years. Our vision is the music and community.
Synthesized
Music
MICA student, Katey Noone is an Interactive Arts Major with a Sound Concentration. Noone builds interactive installations and tools along with soundscapes that audiences can experience in a range of modalities.
NOTE: Location to be announced
Previous location below, subject to change
Kossiakoff Center Lobby 11100 Johns Hopkins Road
From BWI, follow the directions:
Take I-95 South
Take Exit 38 B to MD-32 West to Columbia. Stay in the middle lane.
Take Exit 16 B to US-29 South.
Take Exit 15. Stay on the right.
Do NOT take the first right (Montpelier Rd). Instead, pass the traffic light and stay on the right lane. Pass the bank (BBT then APL Federal Credit Union). Make a right, right after the APL Federal Credit Union and enter the APL campus. There will be a pond to your left. Follow the road and go up (not down) the hill.
At the STOP sign, make a left.
At the next STOP sign, make a right.
The visitor parking are the first two rows on your right. Go and park there.Once parked, walk to the APL Credit Union (next to Lobby 7 on the map below) but do not enter the building. Instead take the door to the right of it. You’ll see a long row of engraved glass. It’s straight from there.