Robotics AI Festival
A decade-plus Houston festival across UH, Strake Jesuit, Raindrop Turkish House, CMH, and HMNS
Hosted by Kids Robotic Foundation and Kids Robotic Academy
The Robotics AI Festival is the Foundation's city-facing celebration of student robotics and A.I. It began in 2013 at the University of Houston and has since traveled through Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, Raindrop Turkish House, the Children's Museum of Houston, and the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
HMNS has been the festival home from 2021 through 2026. More year-by-year photography and posters will land here as you find them. For now, the richest materials are from the April 6, 2024 festival.
Upcoming seasons will keep the HMNS lane open while earlier venues stay in the archive timeline below.
Season highlights
- Running since 2013 across multiple Houston venues
- Current home: Houston Museum of Natural Science (2021 to 2026)
- 2024 theme: Arts and Technology with FIRST LEGO League 2024 class packs
- Guest speakers, judges, volunteers, parents, and team demos share the floor
- 10th largest edition noted for size, occupancy, and spirit in 2024
Festival archive
Venue history and the 2024 HMNS edition
Full venue names are listed below. Image-rich chapters can expand as you send more year folders. 2024 is filled out first.
Robotics Festival 2024
Young minds filled HMNS for the Foundation's Robotics Festival, called out as the 10th largest in size, occupancy, and spirit. Students and teams presented robotics solutions on an Arts and Technology theme with FIRST LEGO League 2024 class packs. Jenny the robot stayed on the floor with the demos. Guest speakers Edwardo Galindo and Madina Shake pulled the room into tech business and Formula 1 in schools. FTC Team Moment Makers demoed, and FTC Storm Masters helped with demo, co-emcee, and check-in work.
- Arts and Technology theme with FLL 2024 class packs
- Guest speakers: Edwardo Galindo and Madina Shake
- FTC Moment Makers demo
- FTC Storm Masters demo, co-emcee, and check-in
- Judges, reviewers, volunteers, parents, and prestigious guests
Where the festival has lived
Venue trail for the Robotics AI Festival. Confirm any naming tweaks if a year used a more specific building name inside these campuses.
- 2013 · University of Houston (UH)
- 2014 · Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
- 2015 · Raindrop Turkish House (Turkish Cultural Center), Houston
- 2016 to 2019 · Children's Museum of Houston (CMH)
- 2021 to 2026 · Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS)
Materials
Posters, collages, and documents for this lane
2024 Robotics Festival flyer
HMNS · Saturday, April 6, 2024 · 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
AI Festival 2024 collage
Arts and Technology project table
Musical / LEGO build presentation at HMNS
Award ceremony group
Vietnam War project judging
Chinese Dragon project table
Jenny robot demo · Texas Storm 948
Festival floor wide shot