Davalos , who describes herself as coming from a " long and proud line of auto mechanics , garage noodlers , electronics enthusiast and TV producers , " founded the RoboGames ( at first called the ROBOLympics , until the International Olympic Committee pushed back about the name ) in 2004 with David Calkins , professor of robotics and computer engineering at San Francisco State University , and president of the Robotics Society of America .