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A gathering of robots - DPRG Monthly Meeting April 26, 2025

DPRG Monthly Meeting – A Gathering of Robots – April 26, 2025

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On Saturday April 26 between 10 AM and 2 PM, DPRG will hold a “Gathering of Robots” in conjunction with Dallas Maker Space’s open house. The event will display member robots, with several demonstrations of the various competition contests that the club holds. It will also be the coming out of “Big Robie” after his refurbishment by a team of members.

This event is a great opportunity to learn about hobby robot building and consider joining DPRG.

All members are encouraged to bring their projects. This is a time to play with your robots!

All are welcome.

Robot Builders Night - Virtual - April 22, 2025

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – April 22, 2025

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

How

• Join Hangouts 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 sidebar 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.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – April 15, 2025

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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.
Paul Bouchier – ⭐

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

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – April 1, 2025

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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.
No stars rewarded this week

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

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – March 25, 2025

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RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – March 25, 2025

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.
Fernando – ⭐

When
• March 25, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

DPRG Monthly Meeting – ROS2 Navigation and Linorobot2 – March 22, 2025

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Paul’s Slidedeck: ROS, SLAM, LinoRobot (pdf)

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)

AI Generated Meeting Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)

Join DPRG on March 22, 2025, 10:00AM CT, at the Dallas Makerspace for a presentation “ROS2 Navigation and Linorobot2” by DPRG member Paul Bouchier.

Presentation overview

  • Why ROS2 navigation? ROS2 is the most widely used robot SW platform, and it has a powerful map-based navigation system.
  • Why Linorobot2? Linorobot2 is a very flexible, open SW configuration built on top of ROS2 which enables hobby-level mobile robots (< $150) to use ROS' map-based navigation stack with zero to just a little programming depending on what you want to do.
  • Paul will explain ROS’ navigation concepts and how to configure your robot as a Linorobot and demonstrate how to use ROS’ navigation system.


Note: Featured image generated with help from AI – ChatGPT.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – March 18, 2025

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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.
Paul Bouchier – ⭐

When
• March 18, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – March 11, 2025

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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.
Fernando – Team Iron Reign – ⭐
Mike Williamson – ★

When
• March 11, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – March 4, 2025

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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.
Team Robie – ⭐

When
• Tuesday March 4, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.