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DPRG Monthly Meeting – Update on Human/Robot Voice Interface Powered by Real-Time LLMs, and Using Git and GitHub – 9/27/2025

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DPRG’s September monthly meeting will be held at the Dallas Maker Space on September 27, starting at 10:00 AM. There will be a button by the door to push to enter the building.

The meeting this month is a double-header talk.

DPRG member, Karim Virani, will follow up last month’s “By your command” presentation by demonstrating his robot, Barney, accepting and acting on spoken natural-language commands. Karim will also cover insights on prompt construction, what the camera sees, and shared context engineering.

DPRG member, Paul Bouchier, will give a talk on Git and GitHub. He will explain why individual robotics developers would benefit from using these tools. The talk will cover how to get started, how to perform frequently used operations, and common scenarios.

After a pizza lunch at Noon, the floor will open for a “Show and Tell” session. Bring your robot or project and take this opportunity to share with the group.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 9/23/25

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When

• September 23, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

How

• Join Google 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.

DPRG Robot Power Lunch – Sunday, Sep 21,2025 at Ford’s Garage

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Join fellow DPRG members and friends at this quarter’s DPRG Robot Power Lunch. It will be held at Ford’s Garage on Sunday, September 21, 2025, at Noon. Ford’s Garage is located at 3904 Dallas Pkwy, Plano.

Make sure to reserve a spot so that we can sit together. Contact Paul via email at president@dprg.org or on the Discord #meetings channel.

DPRG holds a Power Lunch approximately every three months so members and friends can meet informally to discuss projects and share a meal.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 9/16/25

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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.

Mike Williamson – ⭐

When

• September 16, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 9/02/25

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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.

Mike Williamson – ⭐ –>

When

• September 2, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

DPRG Monthly Meeting – By Your Command, a Human-Robot Voice Interface Powered by Real-Time LLMs – 8/23/2025

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Meeting Video:

AI Summary of Karim’s Presentation: AI Summary (PDF)
Slide Deck: Slide Deck (PDF)

DPRG member, Karim Virani shared his experiences building a voice and video interaction mode for his Pioneer 3 chassis-based ROS2 robot, Barney. The goal is to combine chat and command modes into a responsive unified experience for operators as well as bystanders. According to Karim, there is also a dark side …

Karim did not focus on the AI-assisted software development process so much as how to use AIs for this specific purpose. He also has a Git repository at https://github.com/pondersome/by_your_command.

The meeting was held at the Dallas Maker Space on August 23 starting at 10:00AM.