What do robots and ice have in common? Probably not much, but thanks to Sarah Feldman who put together her interest in ice skating with her interest in robotics, we have an annual Robots on Ice event in the San Francisco Bay Area in the USA. We participated in the third edition of the event last year, and this year, we took our Bittle robots again to the Robots on Ice 2024 at the Yerba Buena Ice Skating rink in San Francisco, CA.
The event, like the ones in previous years is a mix of free play of robots on the ice rink, and performances by professional and amateur ice skaters. Both me and my son look forward to this event each year, because we can put our robots and their skills in front of an audience. Besides, it is a cool place to check out amateur robots created by high school teams and companies alike. As an example, this year we saw the Boston Dynamics Spot, and Bittle had a nice time dancing with Spot, as can be seen in the following video.