KR01 Robot at DPRG’s First Virtual Monthly Meeting – April 11th, 2020

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Meeting chat text (PDF):    Chat text

Join us for a special online treat during our world-wide quarantine!

This month the New Zealand Personal Robotics Group (NZPRG) and DPRG, bring you a world-wide event in the spirit of global cooperation. NZPRG member Murray Altheim will share his ongoing “KR01” robot build from his home base in New Zealand.

When:
Saturday, April 11th at 1:00 PM (This is an hour later than most DPRG monthly meetings.)

How to Join:
Meeting ID: https://meet.google.com/snx-isac-zqt/

Phone Number:
(backup in case of trouble with computer audio, add a comment to this meetup if you need a phone number for non-US locations)
(‪US‬)‪+1 609-469-1745‬
PIN: ‪862 716 153#‬

About the presentation:
The KR01 project was initially inspired by David Anderson’s YouTube video.  Murray became a subsumption architecture convert after reading through Rodney Brooks’ papers. He decided to build a Behavior Based System (BBS) in Python.

Murray began the KR01 robot project with these specific goals:

Note:  Extra time has been booked for this meeting, in case participants would like to continue chatting after the main presentation. 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.

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