Meeting report - May 11 , 2019 at California State University, Long Beach
10:00 AM Dr. Bruce demonstrated his latest autonomous robot using the SLAMTec platform, game controller, RoboClaw motor controllers, 7 inch LCD, Intel NUC small computer
11:00 Alan Timm: continued presentation on Todd the Quad and his implementation using ROS for WIndows. Alan got Todd in RVIZ and plans to continue working on it.
12:47 Business Meeting
- Treasurer report: same amount as last month: $973.89
- Thomas M. is looking to us the RSSC name to get a new location for the Riverside Robotics Society. It was determined that Riverside Robotics Society is a separate entity and cannot use the RSSC name in that way.
- Bob Barboza - talked about outreach at McBride high school in Long Beach. Bob had a summer program with all girls interested in STEM subjects. Walter Martinez and Ben Partida were invited to present on topics of 3D printing, robotics, programming and general engineering.
- Treasurer report: same amount as last month: $973.89
- Thomas M. is looking to us the RSSC name to get a new location for the Riverside Robotics Society. It was determined that Riverside Robotics Society is a separate entity and cannot use the RSSC name in that way.
- Bob Barboza - talked about outreach at McBride high school in Long Beach. Bob had a summer program with all girls interested in STEM subjects. Walter Martinez and Ben Partida were invited to present on topics of 3D printing, robotics, programming and general engineering.
1:26 Jim D. talked about his walking Otto robot and how he is trying to implement an IMU to make it walk straight.
1:40 Jim Uberzetsig showed his genius mechanical computer. So far it can add, subtract and eventually will divid, multiply and calculate square roots!