Dance Bot Showcase at PNSQC: Where Robots Move to the Beat of Quality

PNSQC invites you to experience the first-ever Dance Bot Showcase—a celebration of creativity, code, and community! This interactive competition features high school robotics teams from across the region as they program and choreograph their robots to dance in sync with music, showcasing both technical skill 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.

Aligned with this year's conference theme of Quality Intelligence, the event highlights how youth are already engaging 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.

On the end-user side of quality, judges will develop end-user quality criteria to determine how to evaluate and judge the participants. Just as you’d evaluate web app software quality from an end-user perspective, there are many aspects of the dance bot competition that will come to light as quality characteristics.

Join us in supporting the next generation of quality-focused thinkers—and discover how a robot’s groove can spark inspiration across our professional community.