This is an interesting and unusual activity... unless you have been coming to PNSQC for at least the past 15 years. The various LEGO League entries for talks and demonstrations are nothing new. A robot dance competition? Okay, that's different ;).
This year, PNSQC is hosting the first-ever Dance Bot Showcase—a celebration of creativity, code, and community!
We are starting out with a Q&A with the various team captains and learning about the challenges they faced putting on this event, and determining the criteria necessary to make this event happen.
PNSQC 2025 Robot Dance Off
Teams featured are Gear In Motion, The Beaver Bots, and Mechanical Mages (placing 3rd, 2nd, and 1st, respectively).
The various robotics teams described a number of challenges and issues they faced while preparing for this event or for other events that they have participated in. This particular demonstration is a literal "robot dance off", meaning they need to program and choreograph robots to actually dance in sync with music. These teams demonstrate technical skill as well as showcasing creativity and artistic flair. It’s more than just a performance—it's a hands-on demonstration of how software quality, testing, and intelligent systems intersect in the real world.
Each of the youth teams engages with key software concepts like adaptability, precision, and resilience through robotics. With a mix of live performances, a student-led fireside chat on software and testing challenges related to robot programming and choreography, the Showcase connects generations through shared curiosity and learning. Oh, but that's not all. Judges will develop end-user quality criteria to determine how to evaluate and judge the participants and their robot entries. Just as we would evaluate web application software quality from the end-user perspective, we will see a variety of aspects within the dance bot competition to highlight various quality characteristics.
In addition to the three local teams, we have three international teams (from the Dominican Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mauritius) that have also contributed presentations of their dancing robots (also included in the video footage).
Have I piqued your interest? I hope so, because as soon as I can get the footage up, we will showcase the dancing robots on our YouTube channel as well as here.
The various robotics teams described a number of challenges and issues they faced while preparing for this event or for other events that they have participated in. This particular demonstration is a literal "robot dance off", meaning they need to program and choreograph robots to actually dance in sync with music. These teams demonstrate technical skill as well as showcasing creativity and artistic flair. It’s more than just a performance—it's a hands-on demonstration of how software quality, testing, and intelligent systems intersect in the real world.
Each of the youth teams engages with key software concepts like adaptability, precision, and resilience through robotics. With a mix of live performances, a student-led fireside chat on software and testing challenges related to robot programming and choreography, the Showcase connects generations through shared curiosity and learning. Oh, but that's not all. Judges will develop end-user quality criteria to determine how to evaluate and judge the participants and their robot entries. Just as we would evaluate web application software quality from the end-user perspective, we will see a variety of aspects within the dance bot competition to highlight various quality characteristics.
In addition to the three local teams, we have three international teams (from the Dominican Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mauritius) that have also contributed presentations of their dancing robots (also included in the video footage).
Have I piqued your interest? I hope so, because as soon as I can get the footage up, we will showcase the dancing robots on our YouTube channel as well as here.
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