Always a pleasure visiting the wonderful people at A Place Called Home in South Central LA. This year we brought WALL-E for photo ops at their annual Comic Art & Literacy Expo. He made a lot of new friends!
Adventures with WALL-E
Mike Senna, well known from the remote-control R2-D2 replica he built in 2003, finished building a working WALL-E replica from the Pixar film in 2012. Completely scratch built, as there are no hobbiest parts available. He began building WALL-E’s girlfriend Eve in 2014.
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Sunday, February 12, 2023
WALL•E & EVE at OC Spiritual Center
Our favorite sweethearts were invited to be part of a Valentine themed sermon at OC Spiritual Center in Irvine. Dr Jim chatted with WALL•E, interviewed Mike, then Eve joined and the two were available for photos afterwards.
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
WALL-E at UCLA
UCLA’s chapter of ASME invited Mike to give a presentation on building WALL-E. This was of particular interest to their X1 Robotics team, which is working to build their own WALL-E. Dozens of students attended the presentation in the campus’s newest lecture hall, the Mong Learning Center. Many students stayed after the presentation for one-on-one questions. Mike then did a partial tear-down of WALL-E to show the inner workings.
We were honored to be invited by Professor Dennis Hong to tour the Robotics and Mechanisms (RoMeLa) lab. We were blown away by various high tech robotic innovations created over the years by UCLA students. Including their newest full-sized humanoid robot ARTEMIS.
For details on their robots, check out Professor Hong’s latest TED Talk:
Dennis Hong: 7 new species of robot that jump, dance — and walk on water
ted.com
Thanks UCLA for inviting us out!
We were honored to be invited by Professor Dennis Hong to tour the Robotics and Mechanisms (RoMeLa) lab. We were blown away by various high tech robotic innovations created over the years by UCLA students. Including their newest full-sized humanoid robot ARTEMIS.
For details on their robots, check out Professor Hong’s latest TED Talk:
Dennis Hong: 7 new species of robot that jump, dance — and walk on water
ted.com
Thanks UCLA for inviting us out!
Friday, November 18, 2022
CHOC visit
It's been a while due to pandemic, so it was good to be back visiting pediatric patients at Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC). We joined Victor Franco with his R2-D2. Spreading joy to patients as well as staff always brings a smile to our faces.
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Saturday, July 4, 2020
July 4 Neighborhood Bike Parade
R2-D2 and WALL•E joined the fun for today's July 4 Neighborhood Kids Bike Parade. They even were given participation ribbons. So fun!
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Bonita Valley Community Church
WALL•E and Eve were a part of a summer At the Movies series, for Pixar day. WALL-E appeared on stage with Pastor Jason to invite guests for photos with him and Eve in the lobby after services. Several other Pixar characters stopped by to see WALL-E too!
Video of WALL-E's stage moment begins at 12:45 view video
Video of WALL-E's stage moment begins at 12:45 view video
Photo courtesy Bonita Valley Community Church |
Photo courtesy Bonita Valley Community Church |
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