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Our next joint in-person and online meeting is Saturday, July 9th, 2022. Join our RSSC Google Group to get the latest Zoom links.
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We meet on the second Saturday of every month, unless notified otherwise, the program starting at 10 AM sharp at California State University, Long Beach. Doors open at 9:30am.

Saturday, August 13th @ 10:00am to 2pm

Meeting Format

9:30am: A quick social, how are you? 

10:00-11:00am:  Kevin Knoedler will share his experiences with the DARPA SubT Challenge, a series of sub-terranean contests designed to advance practical robotics in extreme conditions, based around three distinct underground environments: human-made tunnels, the urban underground, and natural caves. 
Inside DARPA's Subterranean Challenge.
DARPA Subterranean Challenge.

11:00-12:00pm:  Jim DiNunzio will dive into serial communication between host and microcontroller using the Firmata protocol and PyFirmata, fixing bugs and adding software serial support for a sensor.
 
12:00 - 12:45pm Break for lunch

12:45-1:00pm Business meeting

1:00pm Show and Tell.
There will be a board to sign up for a show and tell at the meeting. Online attendees may also participate. Please post your desire to do a show and tell and the topic and time needed in the chat room.

Hope you can make our meeting.
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Please join our RSSC Google Group to get updated on everything we are doing including Zoom links to the above meetings!

You can also signup via Meetup so it can add it to your calendar automatically.
https://www.meetup.com/The-Riverside-Robotics-Society/​
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Past meetings are archived on our
RSSCRobotics Youtube channel.

Hello robotics enthusiasts! Stop by and see our robots every month. Everyone is welcome and no experience required. We have people from all ages and experience joining us every month who bring simple robots to extraordinary intelligent machines that include both hardware and software. Bring your kids so they can get inspired by these robots or to ask questions. Our meetings include lectures, competitions and Show-N-Tell.
See About Us for directions and maps.

Schedule
10:00-11:00 Special Interest Group Lectures-  on Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group based on leafproject.org by Dr. Bruce, discusses AI and Navigation topics (Neato Robotics Lidar, Python, SLAM, navigation, velocity scaling and Convolutional Neural Networks)
11:00-12:00 Class - Les - Talk on his prototype humanoid robot design.
12:00-12:30 Break 
12:30-12:40 Business Meeting  
- Discuss Next Monthly Events, Classes, Budget and Contest
12:40- 1:30  no contest scheduled for February.
1:30 - Show - N - Tell
Show-N-Tell - Show us what you are working on! Open to anyone to show what they are working on or ask for opinions and getting possible solutions.
Impress us with your best creation!
Join our mailing list to be up to date on our discussions. Join and see previous discussions at:     ​https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rssc-list
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You never know what people will bring to show off!
We are looking forward to a great meeting - see you there....
Need something from the old website? You can find lots of articles and previous events at  RSSC Old Site Copy

Scanned PDFs of The Robot Builder newsletter from 1989 to 1991 ( Thanks Jim Ubersetzig for scanning these!) 

Officers for 2022
President: Ben Partida Silva
Vice President:  Jim DiNunzio
Online Management: Alan Timm (Zoom), Web page: Joint effort
Treasurer: Ron Rose
Board Members: Bob Barboza, Walter Martinez, Thomas Messerchmidt
Youth Outreach: Bob Barboza

RSSC Visits Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach October 6, 2021

Ben Partida participated in the  Community College Aerospace Scholars and won First Place in the robotics challenge! 

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Listen to this podcast at http://twomaverix.com/?p=15815

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

February 2018 1st Ernest  McBride High School (in Long Beach, California) Engineering Expo​

February 2018 Congratulations to members Mitch and Emma Anderson for the article on The Making of Andros that appeared on the February 2018 edition of Servo Magazine.  To read the digital version of the article you must subscribe to Servo Magazine.

​Previous Events
12/2 Downtown Los Angeles Mini Maker Faire
10/7 and 10/8 2017  San Diego Maker Faire.  
9/23/2017 Riverside Minimaker Faire. 
​7/29/2017 Midsummer Scream Halloween Show in Long Beach.  
8/13/17 WRO World Robot Olympiad in Long Beach.

RSSC participated in the California State University, Long Beach Tech Day 2017 - see photo essay http://www.rssc.org/2017csulbtechday.html

Suva Elementary Science Fair 2017 in Bell Gardens, California

Walter Martinez represented RSSC at the 2017 Suva Elementary School by inspiring lots of young future roboticists!
See photos at www.rssc.org/2017suvaelementary.html

RSSC Was Present at the 2017 Bay Area Maker Faire

Thanks to Mitch Anderson and his daughter for representing RSSC at the world's greatest Maker Faire!  See photos www.rssc.org/2017bayareamakerfaire.html

RSSC's Alan Timm and Walter Martinez had a podcast interview with Dot Cannon on her show Over Coffee
Visit the audio podcast twomaverix.com/?p=11730
Visit audio MP3 file of interview directly twomaverix.com/?powerpress_pinw=11730-podcast
See report here: www.rssc.org/2017havingfunpodcast.html

RSSC will be at the 2017 SoCal Robotics Symposium    on Friday April 14th at USC from 9AM to 5PM
See full report at www.rssc.org/2017socalrobotsymposium.html
Be sure to register ($30) at http://socal-robotics.org/

RSSC is Invited to Attend a Play about AI and Robotics
See full report: www.rssc.org/2017uncannyvalleyplayaboutaiinlb.html
International Theatre in Long Beach, California present Uncanny Valley
Visit them at http://ictlongbeach.org/ for tickets. RSSC Members get a discount.
Come and see some of our InMoov humanoid robots promoting our society on opening night Friday April 21th, 2017. 
 
Drawing on current research in artificial intelligence and robotics, UNCANNY VALLEY charts the relationship between Claire, a neuroscientist, and Julian, a nonbiological human. As Julian is “born” a few body parts at a time over the course of the play, Claire teaches him how to be as human as possible. UNCANNY VALLEY explores the painful divide between creator and creation, and how we are redefining what it means to be human in the twenty-first century.
Inspired by Bina48 an uncannily realistic humanoid robot designed to look like a real human being named Bina Rothblatt
blog.internationalcitytheatre.org/the-robot-that-inspired-the-script-bina48/

Our Meetings
RSSC is an exciting and fun experimental robotics society formed in the late 1970's to meet the demand in interest in robotics in Southern California which to this day keeps on growing!. We meet once a month on the second Saturday of the month at California State University Long Beach in the Engineering Technology (ET) building, room 241 . Our meetings start at 10 AM with classes, special interest groups on different robotics subjects from simple to very complex. Anyone interested in robotics and other latest technologies such as 3D printing, Arduino maker movement, Particle, Raspberry Pi, Robotis, NAO, ROS Robot Operating System, InMoov, Lego, Artificial Intelligence of any age group and skill level is welcome to come to our meetings! We also have presenters from student projects, Battlebot builders to Mars rover drivers, movie and TV commercial robot builders and leaders from the robotics community. Stay up to date of what's going on by joining our mailing list! We are roboholics and love building autonomous robots!
Live in the Inland Empire in California please visit our sister club The Riverside Robotics Society​

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Hanson Robotics Visiting RSSC

Walter Martinez InMoov robot "EVO" and Bob Barboza's NAO

Our Special Guest for June 8th, 2019 at 11am is Victor Franco to show us his building experience and adventures with R2D2

2019 National Robotics Week - Apr 6 - 14

RSSC was present at the December 2018 Downtown Los Agenles Maker Faire

RSSC hosted the WRO World Robot Olympiad Regional Competition during our Saturday August 11th Meeting!  See event report.

Jim DiNunzio photos from the 2018 Bay Area Maker Faire https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimdinunzio/sets/72157697602084715/

​See report on RSSC a the
2016 ​San Diego Maker Faire 

Students taking selfies with InMoov based robot EVO at California State University in Long Beach

​2017 San Diego Maker Faire 
RSSC Wins Most Impressive Display Award

SoCal Maker Convention in Pomona, Saturday November 5th. Get tickets at http://socalmakercon.com
​http://www.rssc.org/socalmakercon2016.html

National Robotics Week!  April 2-10, 2016
http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/
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2015 RSSC Event Participation:
- RSCC will be participating in the  San Diego Maker Faire October 3-4, 2015

- RSSC was present in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals on Friday and Saturday June 5th and 6th at the Fairplex in Pomona. Thanks Robotis for allowing us to be part of your venue and great job in the contest!

- RSSC participated in the Orange County Mini Makers Faire at the Irvine Valley College on Saturday May 9th

- RSSC participated in the Long Beach Robo Tech Innovation Celebration on Sunday March 29th, 2015

Hanson Robotics visits RSSC

TrackRoamer Project by Sergei
Github Source Code​  github.com/slgrobotics/TrackRoamer

Prof. Mason from Mt. Sac College participates with his students in a Fire Fighting Robot Contest

Walter Martinez InMoov robot named EVO

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