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RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – May 20, 2025

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When

May 20, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

How


• Join Hangouts Meet https://meet.google.com/mwm-imzg-rss
• Join by phone: (US) +1 470-222-8542 , PIN: 334726924

Why

• Talk robots & related stuff.
• Make it easier for people to attend DPRG remotely.

Agenda

• Round table – everybody spends a couple minutes telling what projects they’re working on.
• Ad-hoc presentations – Whoever would like to show & tell.
• “Stump the club” Challenges – Ask for help if you’ve hit a roadblock in your project. Somebody in the club can probably get you pointed in a good direction – or even arrange a side bar session to help.

Note: We record a video of these sessions and post them on the DPRG YouTube channel. By joining the meeting, you’re giving consent to be included in the recording.

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – May 13, 2025

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Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
AI Generated Meeting Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)

Star Rewards  (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.

Scott Gibson – ⭐
Mike Williamson – ⭐

When

May 13, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – April 29, 2025

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Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
AI Generated Meeting Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)

Star Rewards   (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
No stars awarded this week

When
• April 29, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – April 22, 2025

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Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
AI Generated Meeting Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)

Star Rewards   (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
Mark Reynolds – ⭐
Mike Williamson – ⭐

When
• April 22, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – April 15, 2025

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Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
AI Generated Meeting Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)

Star Rewards   (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
Paul Bouchier – ⭐

When
• April 15, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – April 1, 2025

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Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
AI Generated Meeting Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)

Star Rewards   (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
No stars rewarded this week

When
• April 1, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – March 25, 2025

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RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – March 25, 2025

Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
AI Generated Meeting Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)

Star Rewards   (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
Fernando – ⭐

When
• March 25, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

DPRG Monthly Meeting – ROS2 Navigation and Linorobot2 – March 22, 2025

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Paul’s Slidedeck: ROS, SLAM, LinoRobot (pdf)

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)

AI Generated Meeting Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)

Join DPRG on March 22, 2025, 10:00AM CT, at the Dallas Makerspace for a presentation “ROS2 Navigation and Linorobot2” by DPRG member Paul Bouchier.

Presentation overview

  • Why ROS2 navigation? ROS2 is the most widely used robot SW platform, and it has a powerful map-based navigation system.
  • Why Linorobot2? Linorobot2 is a very flexible, open SW configuration built on top of ROS2 which enables hobby-level mobile robots (< $150) to use ROS' map-based navigation stack with zero to just a little programming depending on what you want to do.
  • Paul will explain ROS’ navigation concepts and how to configure your robot as a Linorobot and demonstrate how to use ROS’ navigation system.


Note: Featured image generated with help from AI – ChatGPT.