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
• January 14, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
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.
Tom Crawford – ★
When
• January 7, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
There will be no DPRG December meeting at the Dallas MakerSpace. Also, the RBNV meetings for December 24 and 31 have been cancelled. DPRG wishes everyone a good holiday season and New Year. The next meeting is RBNV on January 7, 2025.
In place of the December meeting we will have a robot power holiday lunch at Kelly’s Craft Tavern on Preston just north of highway 121 on December 30. It will begin at 11am and you can arrive anytime before noon, when lunch will be served. We will have a private area to socialize in, capable of holding up to 20 people, and we will have waiter service for food and beverages.
Please RSVP here if you haven’t already done so. We’ve got about a dozen RSVPs so far.
Reservations
Everyone is responsible for their own tab.
Location:
3191 Preston Road, Frisco, TX 75034
See you there
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
• December 17, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
Meeting Video:
Chat Record: Chat record (PDF)
AI 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
• December 3, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
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
• November 26, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
DPRG’s RoboColumbus Outdoor Rover competition for 2024 was held on November 23. The competition was hosted by the Edward’s family, which is greatly appreciated by DPRG. The morning started out with the course layout. Donuts and coffee were provided for the judges and competitors. While the course details were finalized and the cone waypoints handed out, competitors made final checks on their robots and used the practice cones to set up vision systems. At midday, pizza was served, then the competition started. Each competing robot was allowed 3 runs. Winners were based on the best runs of each robot. Everyone had a good time.
Results:
| Competitor / Robot | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 |
| Paul Bouchier / MowBot 1st place | 4 | ⭐9⭐ | – |
| Scott Gibson / B.E.L.C.H 2nd place | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Scott Gibson / T.U.R.D 3rd place | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Ray Casler / Flakey mug winner | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Steele / Marty mug winner | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Robot Interviews:
Paul Bouchier – MowBot: MowBot Interview
David Steel – Marty: Marty Interview
Ray Casler – Flakey: Flakey Interview
Scott Gibson – B.E.L.C.H: Belch Interview
Scott Gibson – T.U.R.D: T.U.R.D. Interview
Carl Ott – Duct Tape and Bailing Wire: Duct Tape and Bailing Wire Interview
Robot Run Videos:
Paul Bouchier – Mowbot: run-1 – run-2 Paul achieved the first “perfect score” had at the Edward’s property on run 2.
Scott Gibson’s B.E.L.C.H. robot: run-1 – run-2 – run-3A – run-3B
Scott Gibson’s T.U.R.D. robot: run-1 – run-2 – run-3
Ray Casler’s Flakey robot: run-1 – run-2 – run-3
David Steel’s Marty robot: run-1 – run-2 – run-3
Robot run videos are very helpful in showing the unexpected tribulations that the robots endure while attempting the tasks of the competition. Even runs that did not go well often have lessons.
Meeting Video:
Chat Record: Chat record (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
• November 19, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
Meeting Video:
Chat Record: Chat record (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
• November 12, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
Meeting Video:
Chat Record: Chat record (PDF)
Star Rewards (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.
Scott Gibson – ⭐
When
• November 5, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
