RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – March 12, 2024


When

• March 12, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CST).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

How

• Join Hangouts Meet https://meet.google.com/hey-jxuo-esf
• Or join by phone ‪+1 405-586-5598‬ ‬ PIN: ‪682 931 335 #

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 – March 5, 2024

Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
Star Rewards  (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
Mike Williamson – ⭐
Jon Hylands – ★ ⭐ Double Stars!

Robie’s Highlights
• Mike Willison’s 6-can ROS2 robot demo
• More info on Mike Willison’s ToF 3-8×8 array sensor
• ROS Bag analysis of Mike Willison’s 3-8×8 array sensor by Paul Bouchier
• Show and Tell of Jon Hylands RoboMagellan robot
• Demo of Joh Hylands wearable teleop watch and fail-safe trigger using ESP32 Now
• Details of Waveshare’s new round display (part of Jon’s wearable)
• Pat Caron’s experiences attempting to get openOCD working with Arduino Uno 4
• Ray Casler’s experiences with 12A Makerbase Simple FOC dual brushless ESC.
• Tool recommendation on small electric screwdriver by Jon Hylands

When

• March 5, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CST).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – February 27, 2024

Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
Star Rewards  (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
Doug Dodgen – ⭐
Tom C. – ⭐

Robie’s Highlights
• Iron Reign’s presentation

When
Robie’s Highlights
• Iron Reign’s presentation

• February 27, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CST).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – February 20, 2024

Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (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

Robie’s Highlights
• Excellent Tutorial on debugging on PlatformIO by Chris Netter – in meeting video
• Good info on ML on ESP32CAM using tiny ML and Edge Impulse: Drone Workshop Article
• Interesting Simulation Tool: Robot Overlord robot simulation tools

When

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

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – February 13, 2024

Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
Star Rewards  (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
Mike Willingson – ⭐

Robie’s Highlights
• Good demostration of balancing robot: Arduino BLDC balancer robot – Tutorial
• Extracting object distance from blob math by Mike Williamson: in meeting video
• More info on 3 arrayed ToF sensors by Mike Williamson: in meeting video
• Excellent PID Tutorial: DC motor PID speed control

When

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

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – February 6, 2024

Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
Star Rewards  (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
Mike Willingson- ⭐
Ray Casler – ⭐

Robie’s Highlights
• SeeedStudio Vision AI Module 2: $16 AI Module
• Good CAN Bus Tutorial: Tutorial
• Small Gimbel Motor: $6
• Makerbase SimpleFOC MINI FOC BLDC Motor Controller Board: $4
• Inexpensive MicroPython Board: choose the 405 variant
When

• February 6, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CST).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – January 30, 2024

Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (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

Robie’s Highlights
• Demo of 3 Arrayed ToF sensors by Mike Williamson – in meeting video
• Good info on I2C Clock Stretching Issues on Raspberry Pi: Article
• Excellent book on Raspberry Pi (also addresses I2C Clock Stretching solution): Harry Fairhead (Series of books)

When

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

DPRG Annual Meeting for 2024 – February 10, 2024

Annual Meeting Update
YouTube Video:  Video
Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
Slide Deck:  Slide Deck(PDF)

DPRG will hold its annual planning meeting on February 10, 2024. The meeting is scheduled for 11:30 AM – 4:00 PM at the Dallas Maker Space.

The tentative agenda is:

  • Officer Election
  • Planning for 2024
  • Robot Show and tell. Members are encouraged to bring their robots or robot projects to the meeting.

This is the first in-person meeting of 2024 and will cover many items important to the club. Members are strongly encouraged to plan on attending. There will be a Google meeting link for remote members.

Watch for updates.