Saturday April 9, 2016 Meeting Minutes
10:00-11:00 leafproject.org Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group - Dr. Bruce discusses AI topics (Neato Robotics Lidar, Python programming, SLAM navigation)
Dr. Bruce demonstrated his hacked Neato Robotics LIDAR sensor from https://www.getsurreal.com/ and how he is using it with his Leaf robot.
Bruce spoke about following the thesis Navigation with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping by Mikael Berg. You can download below.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66rKR5-uYZ4
10:00-11:00 leafproject.org Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group - Dr. Bruce discusses AI topics (Neato Robotics Lidar, Python programming, SLAM navigation)
Dr. Bruce demonstrated his hacked Neato Robotics LIDAR sensor from https://www.getsurreal.com/ and how he is using it with his Leaf robot.
Bruce spoke about following the thesis Navigation with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping by Mikael Berg. You can download below.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66rKR5-uYZ4
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, Department of Engineering Cybernetics. Source http://ntnu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A644201&dswid=9673
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11:00-12:00 Monthly Class: LINUX by John W.
John gave a very good overall view of the history of Linux, its uses and basics of the operating system.
John gave a very good overall view of the history of Linux, its uses and basics of the operating system.
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12:15-12:50Lunch Break (bring your own lunch or use the university convenience store)
12:50-1:10 Business Meeting
- We have one of the Mars Rover driver present next month
Classes:
- June: Bob Barboza class/discussion on Arduino Satellite Project
- July: 3D printing InMoov robots class by Alan, Thomas and Walter
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October: Robots for Halloween by Tim L.
- Nov:
- Dec:
Contests:
- July: Outdoor Robotics Contest
- September : Biped Robot Competition
- November: get me a soda from the refrigerator contest
- December: Talent Contest and Pizza Party
1:10 No competition this time
Show and Tell - bring your robotic creations to demonstrate or ask for help on your projects
1:11 Bob Barboza talked about his involvement in a kids program dealing with robotics and Mars space exploration.
1:20 Tim Lewis - presented some of his secret projects used in movies, television shows and theme parks
1:30 Ansel- presented his progress on his robotic vehicle that he custom designed a board for plus he uses a Beaglebone Black board https://beagleboard.org/black and LabView. Ansel plans to participate in the SparkFun Autonomous vehicle competition http://www.weebly.com/editor/main.php
1:45 Alan - Demonstrated hi InMoon 3D humanoid robot project. Alan has made a lot of progress on this project and has created his own custom control framework using C#
1:55 Thomas - Talked about his experience with InMoov project, an inflatable robot from Hero 6 and a demo of the E-Robot voice and vision recognition module.
1:50 Walter - Talked about his experience with 3D printing, quality and reliability of printers. Walter is currently using 2 RoboPlus 3D printers to print parts for the InMoov robot.
Thanks for attending the meeting!
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Alan's complete InMoov and Walter Martinez home robotics lab and parts before assembling.
Video on left: Alan presents his experience building his InMoov robot. Video on right: Walter Martinez home robot lab.
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