Across the street from Modular Robotics in Boulder is an industrial air and gas supply store. They’ve got a sign out front with reconfigurable letters and for about three years, it said, “BaLLoon tiME kits Are iN StoCk”. I was never quite sure exactly what that meant, but everyone loves balloons! Diane Walsh, a math and robotics teacher in Connecticut, posted this video of students using GoPiGos for some balloon jousting, and I am a fan.

Picking & Placing: Welcome, Richard!
O frabjous day! I’m happy to report that Richard Siemens, our 1997 Siplace 80-S20 dual-head, conveyorized Pick & Place machine is fully operational! The significance














