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California, Real Life Stories

Party like a Rover at California Academy of Sciences

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After several weeks of very exciting trade fair shows around the world, Rover asked for a relaxed robot party with his robotic friends and bros. Rover was invited as a special guest by the California Academy of Sciences in the heart of San Francisco’s beautiful Golden Gate park for their weekly nightlife event. This Thursday March, 27th nightlife is a big robot party and Devy and I are excited to join our little friend to this event. 🙂

Come and say hi to Rover and his big brothers from the Silicon Valley Robotics group and enjoy an evening at the beautiful California Academy of Sciences with its exciting permanent exhibits, large aquarium, astonishing green house, and impressive planetarium.

Robot Nightlife at California Academy of Sciences featuring Rover.
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Wrap-up: Rover at Game Developers Conference

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Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the annual event “to inform and educate game industry professionals on online multiplayer games, mobile and next generation game technologies”. After its world trip to Mobile World Congress with Intel in Barcelona and to CeBIT in Hanover, Rover arrived back home in San Francisco to show the interested crowds in or around Intel’s booth our vision of smart, next generation technologies for both – work and play.

Below please see for yourself Rover’s impressions of GDC.

Rover makes new friends at GDC.
Rover at Game Developer Conference
Can I hold it? 🙂
Rover gets his own Intel Internet TV interview.
Robot enthusiasts love Rover.
Rover makes new friends at GDC.
Rover’s first person view
Rover on speed – got interviewed a lot
Rover understands touch-free gestures. What?! Yes
Rover understands your gestures!
Rover – what a camera magnet!
Rover makes new friends everywhere.
Rover goes for a roll around the Intel booth…
…and gets stopped by curious spectators.
Rover amazes the crowds.
Rover makes new friends at GDC.
Awesome!

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Rover at Game Developers Conference

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After two busy weeks at MWC and CeBIT we are back in the Bay Area at work with Intel at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. If you are attending GDC and want to see Rover in action, please stop by the Intel Perceptual Computing Challenge Winners booth inside the Moscone South Expo hall at the following times:

  • Wednesday, March 19th, 10:00 AM to 12 Noon
  • Thursday, March 20th, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Friday, March 21st, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Outside of these slots you may still be lucky seeing Rover explore the Expo floor 🙂

Rover at Game Developer Conference
Rover at Game Developer Conference

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Rover at CeBIT

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CeBIT is the world’s largest annual IT fair in Hanover, Germany. Being my first CeBIT, I was happy to bring something to show. Once again Rover impressed me, how easily he drew peoples’ attention – young or old, IT pro or consumer. We had plenty of contact with the press, were interviewed by MobileGeeks’ Nicole Scott at Intel’s Bloghütte (watch interview here), by Region Hannover TV, and another european TV station. We talked with authors and editors of several print magazines and made incredibly helpful new friends at Microsoft and SAP. But see for yourself our week at CeBIT 2014 in pictures below.

Rover makes new friends at CeBIT
Rover gets interviewed in the CeBIT TechLounge
MobileGeeks’ Nicole Scott interviews Martin Wojtczyk about Rover – a smart and sensing LEGO self-driving car.
Rover gets interviewed by Region Hannover TV
Rover gets interviewed by Region Hannover TV
Rover befriends Microsoft
Rover makes new friends at Microsoft
Rover makes new friends at CeBIT
Rover starts from pole position at the SAP race track
Rover is welcomed at the SAP race track
Rover is welcomed at the SAP race track
Rover is welcomed at the SAP race track
Rover is welcomed at the SAP race track
Rover meets old and new friends at Intel’s Bloghütte
Rover has a new fan
Rover makes more friends at CeBIT
Rover got noticed by a tank commander
Rover turns heads everywhere
Rover goes for a roll in the CODE_n hall…
Rover makes new friends in the CODE_n startup hall
Rover makes new friends in the CODE_n startup hall
Rover gets interviewed in the CODE_n startup hall
Rover makes new friends in the CODE_n startup hall
Rover makes new friends in the CODE_n startup hall
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CeBIT TechLounge Livestream Interview Featuring Rover

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Cebit TechLounge Livestream Interview What an exciting week at CeBIT 2014 in Hanover! Rover and I had the pleasure to be interviewed by MobileGeeks‘ Nicole Scott for the CeBIT TechLounge livestream hosted in Intel’s Bloghütte. Rover was happy as always and performed well during the interview, but see for yourself in the video below:

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Wrap-up: Rover at Mobile World Congress

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What a week! Rover and I happily presented every single day at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona and traveled between both locations: WIPJam at Fira Montjuïc next to the beautiful Magic Fountain, and App Planet at Fira Gran Via – the spacious, new conference center. No matter if on Intel’s GeekBench, during the Intel Innovators Panel, on exhibit at App Planet, or on the carpet – Rover was always surrounded by an amazed crowd of people. See yourself in the picture album below.

Thank you, Intel and developer relations team, for giving me plenty of opportunities to present and network!

Rover at Mobile World Congress gets interviews and attracts crowds of people.
Rover during a demo at Intel’s WIPJam IoT Hackathon at Mobile World Congress.
Rover at Mobile World Congress attracting crowds of people.
Rover at Mobile World Congress attracting crowd of people.
Rover at Mobile World Congress attracting crowd of people.
Suit up! Men in black and Rover at Mobile World Congress.
Rover at Mobile World Congress attracting crowd of people.
Rover at Mobile World Congress attracting a couple
Rover on Intel’s WIPJam GeekBench at Mobile World Congress
Rover at Mobile World Congress made a friend with cool glasses.
Look! It’s a robot
Rover at Mobile World Congress attracting crowds of people.
Rover befriends Intel Android at Mobile World Congress.
Rover charging up and looking awesome on a table at Mobile World Congress.
The folks from the famous Cyanogen mod checking out Rover at Mobile World Congress.
Rover gets an interview from Nicole Scott of MobileGeeks.
Rover at Mobile World Congress attracting crowds of people.
Rover making friends at Mobile World Congress.
Rover making friends at Mobile World Congress.
Rover making friends at Mobile World Congress.