Moon Day Celebration – 2024 at the Frontiers of Flight Museum

On the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon, July 20, 2024, DPRG displayed a booth at the Moon Day celebration at Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, TX. DPRG participants were Eric Chaney, John Kuhlenschmidt, Doug Paradis, Harold Pulcher, Mark Reynolds, and Mike Williamson. The area was shared with the Iron Reign and Technical Difficulties Robotic Teams. A good time was had by all.

DPRG Monthly Meeting: Using AI to Detect Traffic Cones – June 22, 2024

Slide Deck:  Slide Deck (PDF)

Join DPRG in a virtual meeting held on June 22, 2024, at 10:00AM CDT for a presentation by Bob Cook, winner of the 2023 SRS RoboMagellan, on how to use AI to detect traffic cones. Bob will cover everything from data collection to building a model and loading it onto a small board computer. This is a great opportunity to see in a practical manner how a model is built.

Roborama-2024 Robot Gallery

Here are the robots that participated in DPRG’s Roborama-2024. Click image for larger view.

Roborama Results – June 1, 2024

DPRG held its 28th Roborama competition and its first concurrent international robotics tournament (USA and Canada), with live participation and interactions from both / all venues. The event was successful with epic enthusiasm by all participants and spectators.  Unfortunately, the video was lost due to technical difficulties. However, it is hoped that some run videos and robot pictures may make it to the web site. So, look for further updates. The results are below:

Roborama – 2024 Competition – June 1, 2024

Local: Dallas Maker Space, Carrollton, TX,  Remote: Stoney Creek, Ontario., Canada

Contest Place Contestant Robot Name Score/Time
Quick Trip – Wheeled 1st Mark Reynolds PwPw 7 – 8:86
Remote Quick Trip – Wheeled 1st Tom Crawford One Trick Pony 6 – 27:08
Quick Trip – Wheeled 2nd Scott Gibson YAR 7 – 10:43
Remote Quick Trip – Wheeled 2nd Pat Caron Wooden Monster 6 – 53.26
Quick Trip – Wheeled 3rd Harold Pulcher Jimbot 7 – 12:20
Quick Trip – Non-wheeled 1st Paul Bouchier PiDog 6 – 2:05
Remote Quick Trip – Non-wheeled 1st Jon Hylands Roz 5 – 38.22
Quick Trip – Non-wheeled 2nd Doug Dodgen DougDog 6 – 2:22
Quick Trip – Non-wheeled 3rd Doug Paradis GimpDog 5 – ??
Four Corners (12-ft sq) 1st Scott Gibson YAR 2.125”
Remote – Four Corners (8-ft sq) 1st Pat Caron Wooden Monster 2”
Four Corners 2nd Mark Reynolds PwPw 2.875”
FourCorners 3rd Scott Gibson CanMan 3.5”
Six-Cans 1st Scott Gibson Can Man 6 – 2:40