I had a great time at the RoboGames in San Francisco Saturday. What really impressed me was seeing so many kids involved in building their own robots and remote-controlled machines. I took a lot of video and some photos. The arena with the battle bots was cool. I wish I had my camera running when two of the heavyweight finalists went at it toward the end of the day. One of the machines had three of its wheels hacked off by a spinning blade. Pieces flew off with enough force to crack the bullet resistant plastic of the cage. Teams from Mexico, India, and Brazil did well and brought a lot of team spirit with them. A low point was a judge getting pissy with a competitor from India because his bot for the humanoid competition didn't walk a lot. The bot was basically designed to squat in the middle of the ring and spin its long arms to knock over its opponents. The kid was winning and making it look too easy. And yeah, it was kind of boring, but I doubt that any rules were being broken. That same judge also added a bit of snarky commentary during other people's matches, but they took it in stride and were good sports.