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ROBOTMAK3RS Around the World

By Asha Seshan - ROBOTMAK3R

ROBOTMAK3RS Participate in Worldwide Fan Events


ROBOTMAK3RS is an online community with members from all over the world. This is our greatest asset and a strength that we leverage daily. While many of our activities take place online, our members also participate in physical events around the world. This blog is to document a sampling of these activities. At each of the following events, 1-7 ROBOTMAK3RS had a display table with interactive LEGO robots for visitors to play with. Attendence was in the 1000s and sometimes even as high as 30,000. ROBOTMAK3RS participate in many of these events annually. Our community members leverage their local connections to MAKE-SHARE-INSPIRE.

June 17-20 Brickworld Chicago: Two ROBOTMAK3RS (Bryan and Steve) held a GBC Workshop as well as created many of the modules of the GBC display that use NXTs and EV3s.  They also ran a sumo robot competition.





June 14, 2026 WRO Netherlands: Four ROBOTMAK3RS (Anika, Laurens, Matryn and Eric) ran a LEGO Robotics booth at the Netherlands WRO competition. More photos here.



April 24-26 2026 - Oniras Brincka -  Fan Brick Event (Portugal):  3 ROBOTMAK3RS (Fernando, Alexandew and Jorge) presented their work to 10-15,000 visitors. More photos here.



March 2026 Brickworld Indy - 2 ROBOTMAK3RS were part of the GBC display. You can watch Bryan explain their work below. 


February 2026 Bricktastic (United Kingdom) - UK's largest LEGO Fan Event. ROBOTMAK3R Jerry, had a ROBOTMAK3R section (2 tables) at the event featuring LEGO robot projects, including his famous weaver and various Rubiks Cube solvers.


 

October 2025 ROBOTMAK3RS display in Billund (Denmark). ROBOTMAK3R Anika Brandsma displayed several of her projects, including her MINDSTORMS Ducks and Hedgehogs here.


October 2025 LEGO WORLD (Netherlands). Seven ROBOTMAK3RS, including Anika, Martyn, Nard, Laurens, Eric, and Harald, attended this event, creating a large ROBOTMAK3RS section.


September 2025 Skaerbaek Fan Weekend (Denmark). Seven ROBOTMAK3RS, including Anika, Martyn, Nard, Laurens, Eric, Harald and Lee, attended this event, creating a large ROBOTMAK3RS section.

June 2025 Paredes de Coura LEGO Fan Event (Portugal). ROBOTMAK3R Gui Lima attended this event with several of his LEGO Robot projects, including a Mario Kart remix.



June 2025 - Nerdland Festival 2025 (Belgium) - 30,000 visitors. ROBOTMAK3R Dimitri Dekyvere had an interactive robotics section at this event where each station was part of a cookie manufacturing process. Read more here.




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