Welcome Robotics Enthusiasts!

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​RSSC is an active hobby robotics club formed in 1989.

Our primary goal is to promote and advance the art of robotics and the surrounding technologies by providing a fun and exciting meeting place where people of all ages and from all walks of life, from the novice to the large-brained pocket-protector-wearing robot guru, may gather and exchange knowledge information and ideas.

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Our Monthly Meetup @ CSULB!

Please join us on Saturday June 8th at 10:00am for our next *in person* Meetup!
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We're at Cal State Long Beach, 1331 Palo Verde Ave., Long Beach CA  90815  Conference Room 103.

Here's what's on the agenda...

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 9:30 am :

The Doors open.  Stop by early and say hi!  Or log in early to make sure your mic works.  We'll be here.

 9:45 am :

(Business Meeting)

10:00 am :​

Let's make a head and neck mechanism for the Unitree Go2! Inspired by the K9 units from the movie Code 8 Part 2, we'll touch on a few design and construction considerations, then talk about control strategies for the neck, which is a stewart platform. (Alan)

11:00 am :​

Join us as we go deep into hacking commercial RC truck circuits for autonomous use without a schematic! We'll tackle a mysterious issue where manual remote control steering randomly causes a full-speed jump in the drive motor. Could it be due to grounding, or signal crosstalk? Be part of the investigation as we troubleshoot and examine signals to uncover the culprit and find a stable solution! (Jim)

12:00 pm :

Show-n-Tell: It's a great opportunity to get caught up on our members' projects and what we've been up to.  Are you working on something?  Bring it in!

12:30 pm :

Lunch / Open Session: 

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Join us on Zoom if you can't be there in person.

See you there!

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Youtube Record

This meeting was held on Saturday, August 10th at 10:00AM PST.

Links to individual topics:
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00:00:00 Club Meeting Introductions

00:02:56 Let's make a head and neck mechanism for the Unitree Go2! Inspired by the K9 units from the movie Code 8 Part 2, we'll touch on a few design and construction considerations, then talk about control strategies for the neck, which is a stewart platform. (Alan)

00:59:30 Join us as we go deep into hacking commercial RC truck circuits for autonomous use without a schematic! We'll tackle a mysterious issue where manual remote control steering randomly causes a full-speed jump in the drive motor. Could it be due to grounding, or signal crosstalk? Be part of the investigation as we troubleshoot and examine signals to uncover the culprit and find a stable solution! (Jim)

01:50:32 Announcements: Makerfaire participation discussion, moving our meeting location

02:02:28 Show'n'Tell: (Jim) IMU Calibration Cube, wandering gps localization problem in rviz

02:25:13 Show'n'Tell: (Alan) Go2 nav stack; auto charging dock;

02:33:10 Show'n'Tell: (Jess) Shows his star wars droid that he designed, head mechanism, wandering dvd robot puck project, battlebot carnage

02:49:20 Show'n'Tell: (Seth) Shares details about his improved foxglove-joystick project and using it on his steamdeck
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02:59:09 Show'n'Tell: (Thomas) Demonstrates vision capabilities of GPT-4o with images of a poker hand