Monday, December 13, 2010

Roboexotica 2010 Coverage


Time to give an overview of the many photos, videos and articles about this year's festival. Thanks to everyone who documented the event and put it up on the intertubes!

Photos on Flickr:
There's the Roboexotica Flickr group, where you'll find pics by Sean Bonner, Phil Stearns and others including yours truly: http://www.flickr.com/groups/roboexotica_festival/.

Videos on YouTube:
Melmacc, Layerbot, Rotsch-o-mat, Wodka Closett ... and more.

Blogs and Media:
Fashioning Technology, BoingBoing, and there's a collection of links to german language media and blog reports on the Roboexotica facebook page (like this scan from Wiener Bezirkszeitung): http://www.facebook.com/pages/Roboexotica/150551977764.

Thursday, December 09, 2010

Robexotica 2010 ACRA winners

The Annual Cocktail Robot Awards 12.0 were handed to the deserving winners on Sunday, the closing night of Roboexotica 2010.
Serving Cocktails: Amboribot by Daniel Schatzmayr, Andrea Reiss, Nora Neumann
Mixing Cocktails: Layer Bot by Bernhard Kubicek
Conversation: Daredroid by Jane Tingley, Anouk Wipprecht and Marius Kintel
Fire & Smoke: Desoberation Chamber by Dixie Red & Heisl Amir
Other Achievements: Kitzel den Zapfhahn by FH Joanneum
Hardest Partying Robot: 12" pianist by Jesse Zbikowski, Franz Ablinger, Phil Stearns
Tenacity: Benny the Booze Organ by Ryan Finnigan, Aaron Beck and Lars Vin Andersen
Most Pleasurable Side Effects: Exciterator by Crashspace LA represented by Sean Bonner
Most Beautiful Execution: Rotsch-O-Mat by Roger Weber
Most Wasted Alcohol: Slow Shot by David Brunnthaler, Christian Katzinger, Marcin Szostak

... and a lime for most disgusting look and taste went to W.C. - WODKA CLOSETT by students of FH Joanneum.

To learn about the Honorary Mentions that were passed out have a look at roboexotica.org/index.php?winners2010.
For a short description of all participating robots head to roboexotica.org/index.php?robots2010.