RSSC Meeting report - December 14th, 2019 at California State University, Long Beach
10:00-11:00 Dr. Bruce talks about AI and his robot. He demonstrated his autonomous robot.
11:00-12:00 Dennis - electronic schematics
12:37 Break - Pizza Party!
12:37 Business Meetings:
Budget: $982.19
We moved to Google Groups and email list.
Budget: $982.19
We moved to Google Groups and email list.
2018 Schedule
Note: 10:00 AM classes are on AI, Navigation, SLAM
This month Dennis Mangrobang - Industrial Robotics
10:00 am Classes):
Dr. Bruce AI, Navigation, SLAM, Python, Slamtec
Note: Alan Timm will cover this hour with a lecture on designing Todd the Quad hardware - in August at 11AM he will show the second part of implementing ROS on the PiZero and Todd the Quad
11:00 am Classes):
- Jan: Roger Cheng presented his Sawppy Mars rover project.
- Feb: Dr. Bruce Python and Alan - OnSahape parametric design
- Mar: Alan TImm and Walter Martinez present the BBC Microbit board
- Apr: Tim Lewis - 3D printing
- May: Dennis Mangrobang - Industrial Robotics
- June: Victor Franco - R2D2 Project
- July: Alan Timm - Todd the Quad ROS Edition - 4 legged bot
- Aug: Alan Timm - continuation of Todd the Quad, ROS and LiPo batteries
- Sept: Andrew RISC-V
- October: Tim Lewis - Animatronics for Halloween
- Nov: Walter Martinez - building 3D printed Star Wars Droids
- Dec: Dennis Mangrobang - Schematic Diagrams
Contests (they usually start around 12:45 pm):
- May: Robot Tag
- June: Color line following
- July: Robot Dance Contest
- Aug: Bipedal robot moved to Sept.
- Sept: Bipedal robot
- October:
- Nov: Corner to Corner
- Dec: Talent Show
- January 2020 - Corner to Corner contest
Events:
- Jan: Riverside Robotics Society 10th year anniversary pizza party
- Feb: Engineering Fair at McBride High School in Long Beach
- Dec: Downtown Los Angeles Mini Maker Faire
Officers for 2018
President: Alan Timm
Vice President: Ben Partida Silva
Secretary: Walter Martinez
Treasurer: Ron Rose
Board Members: Bob Barboza and Bill Douglas
Outreach: Trish Tsoiasue
Note: 10:00 AM classes are on AI, Navigation, SLAM
This month Dennis Mangrobang - Industrial Robotics
10:00 am Classes):
Dr. Bruce AI, Navigation, SLAM, Python, Slamtec
Note: Alan Timm will cover this hour with a lecture on designing Todd the Quad hardware - in August at 11AM he will show the second part of implementing ROS on the PiZero and Todd the Quad
11:00 am Classes):
- Jan: Roger Cheng presented his Sawppy Mars rover project.
- Feb: Dr. Bruce Python and Alan - OnSahape parametric design
- Mar: Alan TImm and Walter Martinez present the BBC Microbit board
- Apr: Tim Lewis - 3D printing
- May: Dennis Mangrobang - Industrial Robotics
- June: Victor Franco - R2D2 Project
- July: Alan Timm - Todd the Quad ROS Edition - 4 legged bot
- Aug: Alan Timm - continuation of Todd the Quad, ROS and LiPo batteries
- Sept: Andrew RISC-V
- October: Tim Lewis - Animatronics for Halloween
- Nov: Walter Martinez - building 3D printed Star Wars Droids
- Dec: Dennis Mangrobang - Schematic Diagrams
Contests (they usually start around 12:45 pm):
- May: Robot Tag
- June: Color line following
- July: Robot Dance Contest
- Aug: Bipedal robot moved to Sept.
- Sept: Bipedal robot
- October:
- Nov: Corner to Corner
- Dec: Talent Show
- January 2020 - Corner to Corner contest
Events:
- Jan: Riverside Robotics Society 10th year anniversary pizza party
- Feb: Engineering Fair at McBride High School in Long Beach
- Dec: Downtown Los Angeles Mini Maker Faire
Officers for 2018
President: Alan Timm
Vice President: Ben Partida Silva
Secretary: Walter Martinez
Treasurer: Ron Rose
Board Members: Bob Barboza and Bill Douglas
Outreach: Trish Tsoiasue
Talent Contest
999 Dr. Bruce - Slamtec based robot
1:35 - Jim U. - demonstrated his amazing home made analog computer.
1:48 Jim DiNunzio shows the Microbit based robot McQueen robots that he programmed to simulate a traffic scenario. He used the graphical programming interface (MakeCode) web app.
WINNER by popular vote: Dr. Bruce
1:35 - Jim U. - demonstrated his amazing home made analog computer.
1:48 Jim DiNunzio shows the Microbit based robot McQueen robots that he programmed to simulate a traffic scenario. He used the graphical programming interface (MakeCode) web app.
WINNER by popular vote: Dr. Bruce
Show-N-Tell
2:02 Alan Timm: showed his final version of Todd the quadbot
2:15 Mitch - uses of the PixyCAM for industrial robotics solutions
2:31 John - Debugging robot problems. John brought his new Leaf robot to show
2:40 Walter Martinez - 3D printed baby Yoda and battledroid
2:45 Carl Sutter - brought some large batteries to demonstrate. Some batteries were from e-bikes.These batteries have nice connectors and plugin hardware.
2:57 Dennis
2:15 Mitch - uses of the PixyCAM for industrial robotics solutions
2:31 John - Debugging robot problems. John brought his new Leaf robot to show
2:40 Walter Martinez - 3D printed baby Yoda and battledroid
2:45 Carl Sutter - brought some large batteries to demonstrate. Some batteries were from e-bikes.These batteries have nice connectors and plugin hardware.
2:57 Dennis