I took my robot to RubyConf. It’s not really Ruby related, but I figured it would go down like a robot at a programmers conference… So I took the robot apart, packed it away and headed to Miami:
The view from my hotel balcony
First job, putting the robot back together again. I was happy it made it through security. It was the first time I’d flown with a small toolkit.
The robot laid bare
I was carrying the robot around most of the first day, people constantly asked to try it out
It worked well on the shiny floor of the lobby. You can just about see the new 3d printed lifter arm:
The balls went everywhere
Totally coincidentally Ron Evans also did a great talk on Artoo and the newly announced Gobotio.
Programmers love robots!