2025

Posted on August 13, 2025August 30, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 8/19/25

Posted on August 13, 2025August 21, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.
Dave Ackley – ⭐

When

• August 19, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 8/05/25

Posted on August 1, 2025August 8, 2025 by Robie_robot

When

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

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 7/29/25

Posted on July 29, 2025August 2, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.

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

DPRG Monthly Meeting – Show and Tell – July 26, 2025

Posted on July 26, 2025August 2, 2025 by Robie_robot

The DPRG monthly meeting for July 2025 was a “Show and Tell” event. Members brought their projects and talked about robots.

It was a golden opportunity to see progress on various projects that you hear about during RBNV and on the Discord channel in person.

Pizza was served at lunch for all attendees.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 7/22/25

Posted on July 22, 2025August 2, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.

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

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 7/15/25

Posted on July 15, 2025August 2, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.

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

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 7/8/25

Posted on July 8, 2025August 2, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.

When
• July 8, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 7/1/25

Posted on July 1, 2025August 2, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.

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

DPRG Visit to RobotLAB – 06/28/25

Posted on June 28, 2025August 1, 2025 by Robie_robot

DPRG Members and friends toured the RobotLAB facility and had a chance to mingle with the robots! They were able to see about 20 different robot types that address different market segments. It was a great opportunity to see a wide variety of real robots that get to be deployed in customer environments. After the tour the group was able to share lunch with the hosts. A good time was had by all!