Want to see some real Real Steel? This weekend, robots and robot builders from around the world are converging at the San Mateo Fairgrounds to meet and compete in the RoboGames. If you’re serious about robots, you already know this and you made arrangements to attend long ago, but if you just want to experience this phenomenal event, connect, learn, and get inspired, it’s open to the public. In observance of the RoboGames, there will also be a mini-screening of the Robot Film Festival this Friday evening in San Francisco, at the Autofuss/Bot & Dolly/BeatBots studios in Potrero Hill.

RoboGames 2012 poster by Chris Kawagiwa, photo by Dave Schumaker