The DPRG will hold its March meeting at the Dallas Makerspace this Saturday Mar 28 at 10AM. There will be a buzzer on the door to admit attendees to the Makerspace. All are welcome to attend the meeting.

The meeting will feature a talk by the creator of the Maker’s Pet robot kit. The Maker’s Pet is an inexpensive differential-drive robot with lidar and turn-key ROS2 software. It can map its environment using the ROS2 SLAM package and navigate within the generated map.

Turn-key” and “ROS2” aren’t usually used together (though often promised), but thanks to the innovative use of docker containers and excellent build/operate videos and documentation, this robot is super-easy to get going and make maps and navigate flexibly within them. Several DPRG members have built this robot. In fact, this post’s featured image is a photo of Mark R.’s robot.

Additional details for the Maker’s Pet robot kit can be found at https://makerspet.com/.
Pizza will be served at Noon.

How to watch remotely:

Quick Join

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

The date for DPRG’s Fall 2019 Competition has been changed from 11/9/19, to 11/16/19 (3rd Saturday of November). A time slot has been opened up for Donkey Car training, 10 AM to Noon. Contests start at Noon. See Fall Competition for details.