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RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 7/21/26

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When

• July 21, 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 at Moon Day – 7/18/2026

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DPRG shared a presentation area with Iron Reign FTC 6832 team and Lovejoy HS’s VEX robotics teams 1082B and M at this year’s Moon Day event held at the Frontiers of Flight Museum near Love Field in Dallas.

It was the first appearance of DPRG’s 7-foot Robie mascot with improved neck mechanics and facial recognition at an event. DPRG presented an array of robots for event attendees to see and ask questions about.

Iron Reign showed one of their FTC robots and had a 3-D printer setup to produce moon and space themed earrings and key chains that they distributed to event attendees.

The Lovejoy VEX robotic teams demonstrated two of their competition robots and displayed the multiple awards that they won this year in state and regional competitions.

All three exhibitors were busy all day sharing information to event attendees, from young to old. A great time was had by all.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 7/7/26

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strong>Meeting Video:

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.
Ray Casler – ⭐
Mike Williamson – ★
Mark Dombrowski – ★
Paul Bouchier – ★

When

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

DPRG Monthly Meeting – ModLinker: A Different Approach to Robot and System Design – 6/27/2026

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DPRG’s monthly meeting for June was a presentation by Mark Dombrowski on ModLinker

Presentation Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)

ModLinker is an attempt to create a set of tools for making modular hardware systems, like robots, simple to create, reuse, scale, and share. The talk will be an introduction to the system followed by a request for beta-testers.

The beta version of the system is based around Raspberry Pi Pico microcontrollers and MicroPython. It is designed to be simple enough for beginners but also allows features for more advanced users.