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
• October 28, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
DPRG’s October monthly meeting was held at the Dallas Maker Space on October 25, starting at 10:00 AM.
The meeting this month was a double-header talk.
DPRG member, Paul Bouchier, completed a talk on Git and GitHub originally scheduled for the September meeting. He explained why individual robotics developers would benefit from using these tools. The talk covered how to get started, how to perform frequently used operations, and common scenarios.
Guest, Thomas Messerschmidt, showed and discussed a movie he made using AI. The movie’s plot is an interview with an AI that went badly off the rails. This should be a fun watch.
After a pizza lunch at Noon, the floor was open for a “Show and Tell” session.
Scott showed his Robocolumbus robot, Belch
Paul & Mark showed improvements to the Makers Pet robot
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
• October 21, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
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 Willamson – ⭐
When
• October 7, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
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
• September 30, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
DPRG member, Karim Virani, followed up last month’s “By your command” presentation by demonstrating his robot, Barney, accepting and acting on spoken natural-language commands. Karim discussed cover insights on prompt construction, what the camera sees, and shared context engineering.
DPRG member, Paul Bouchier, gave a talk on Git and GitHub. He explained why individual robotics developers would benefit from using these tools. The talk covered how to get started, how to perform frequently used operations, and common scenarios.
After a pizza lunch at Noon, the floor was open for a “Show and Tell” session.
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.
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.
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.
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.