Meeting Minutes for Saturday February 11th, 2017
Schedule
10:00-11:00 leafproject.org Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group - Dr. Bruce discusses AI topics (Neato Robotics Lidar, Python, SLAM, navigation). Sergei substituted this month and went over the the project using NEATO Robotics LIDAR and Go.
11:00-12:00 Class - GitHub by Alan Timm
11:00-12:00 Break - bring your snacks or lunch
12:30-12:45 Business Meeting
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1:00 - Contest (no contest this month) Impress us with your latest creation!
2:30 - Show-N-Tell - Show us what you are working on!
Schedule
10:00-11:00 leafproject.org Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group - Dr. Bruce discusses AI topics (Neato Robotics Lidar, Python, SLAM, navigation). Sergei substituted this month and went over the the project using NEATO Robotics LIDAR and Go.
11:00-12:00 Class - GitHub by Alan Timm
11:00-12:00 Break - bring your snacks or lunch
12:30-12:45 Business Meeting
Join our mailing list to be up to date on our discussions:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RSSC-list/info
1:00 - Contest (no contest this month) Impress us with your latest creation!
2:30 - Show-N-Tell - Show us what you are working on!
10:00 Sergei reported on Dr. Bruce's Go language and interfacing to the NEATO LIDAR and how it maps a room.
Hacked Neato Robotics LIDAR sensor from https://www.getsurreal.com/
Navigation with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping by Mikael Berg. You can download below.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66rKR5-uYZ4
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
Hacked Neato Robotics LIDAR sensor from https://www.getsurreal.com/
Navigation with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping by Mikael Berg. You can download below.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66rKR5-uYZ4
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 Github Basics by Alan Timm.
Github.com allows you to publish your code and provide version control. You can create a free account to upload your code and keep track of your code. You can also get files from other repositories. For help: https://help.github.com/
There are lots of tutorials online and video his one gives you a quick overview of the terms used such as pull, fork, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9qk-H0ih5M Here is another video with more in depth information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixBih-LOR4
11:57 Lunch
12:36 Budget report by Ron Rose: $872.93
12:44 Let's talk about contest. Contest and Classes are listed below.
Github.com allows you to publish your code and provide version control. You can create a free account to upload your code and keep track of your code. You can also get files from other repositories. For help: https://help.github.com/
There are lots of tutorials online and video his one gives you a quick overview of the terms used such as pull, fork, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9qk-H0ih5M Here is another video with more in depth information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixBih-LOR4
11:57 Lunch
12:36 Budget report by Ron Rose: $872.93
12:44 Let's talk about contest. Contest and Classes are listed below.
1:00 Bob Barboza thanked Mitch for bringing his Wall-e robot to the Veterans Hospital in Long Beach, California to demonstrate and do a music show. If you would like to volunteer Bob is looking for all acts to be part of these exciting events. You can visit kidstalkradiola.com/ and contact Bob from his page.
1:08 Jim U. demonstrated his latest robot using neurons created by using simple electronics inspired by Mark Tilden's B.E.A.M robots. www.beam-online.com/ Jim also found some good articles that helped him with his project jwgoerlich.solarbotics.net/events/buildfests/2006-jun.htm
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1:30 Tim Lewis demonstrated his 3D printed tentacle mechanism. Tim also discussed his experience in the movie industry. Tim also wants to build an Alexa and Arduino based bot. Some links to robots or MCU based projects using Alexa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYnQ7DLzWcU and www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5QEt-vX5Ng Raspberry Pi and Alexa www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXP_DZDefeA Another interesting one www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-tY-6Y0xzA
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2:08 Hunter presented his 8th grade science fair project hunter.deepenigma.com/ EVOLVING NON-BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES VIA NATURAL SELECTION His experiments can be found here hunter.deepenigma.com/experiments/#experiments
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2:18 Mitch goes to ATX Expo and demonstrates different industrial robots videos
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2:23 Les - demonstrated how to use an inexpensive analog oscilloscope to read signals. He had an Arduino board to produce PWM and read those values on the scope. Arduino code and notes are shown below.
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Files (Arduino Code) used on the Oscilloscope demo by Les.
Notes: Note that PORTD, not PORTC for the pins D0-D7, but D0 and D1 are used for the serial port, so I built 6 bit R2R networks for each
pins D2-D7 and D8-D13. I used a 5K pot, but the value is not too important (just >500 so you don't load the pin too much.) A cap across the switch will debounce it a bit, but it is not critical in this case, but it will skip a setting every once in a while. something like .01 would work well I think.
Notes: Note that PORTD, not PORTC for the pins D0-D7, but D0 and D1 are used for the serial port, so I built 6 bit R2R networks for each
pins D2-D7 and D8-D13. I used a 5K pot, but the value is not too important (just >500 so you don't load the pin too much.) A cap across the switch will debounce it a bit, but it is not critical in this case, but it will skip a setting every once in a while. something like .01 would work well I think.
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2017 Scheduled Events
Classes:
- Jan: Bill - Discussed the Arduino Alternatives
- Feb: Alan - All about Git Hub
- Mar: Mitch - Interfacing Arduino to Bluetooth
- Apr: Tim Lewis - Interfacing the Arduino Pro mini
- May: Mitch Lithium vs Lead Acid battery technologies
- June: DSP (by Les)
- July: Raspberry Pi (possibly)
- Aug: Machine Vision (by Karl possibility)
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec:
Contests:
- Jan: No Contest
- Feb: No Contest
- Mar: Best use of voice command
- Apr: Line Following
- May: Sumo
- June: Open Door or fetch beverage (tentative)
- July: Walking Robot Contest
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec: Talent Contest and Pizza Party
Classes:
- Jan: Bill - Discussed the Arduino Alternatives
- Feb: Alan - All about Git Hub
- Mar: Mitch - Interfacing Arduino to Bluetooth
- Apr: Tim Lewis - Interfacing the Arduino Pro mini
- May: Mitch Lithium vs Lead Acid battery technologies
- June: DSP (by Les)
- July: Raspberry Pi (possibly)
- Aug: Machine Vision (by Karl possibility)
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec:
Contests:
- Jan: No Contest
- Feb: No Contest
- Mar: Best use of voice command
- Apr: Line Following
- May: Sumo
- June: Open Door or fetch beverage (tentative)
- July: Walking Robot Contest
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec: Talent Contest and Pizza Party
2016 RSSC Event Participation:
SoCal Maker Convention in Pomona, Saturday November 5th. Get tickets at http://socalmakercon.com
http://www.rssc.org/socalmakercon2016.html
San Diego Makers Faire Oct. 1 & 2, 2016
http://sandiego.makerfaire.com/
See our report: http://www.rssc.org/sdmakerfaire2016.html
National Robotics Week! April 2-10, 2016
http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/
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
SoCal Maker Convention in Pomona, Saturday November 5th. Get tickets at http://socalmakercon.com
http://www.rssc.org/socalmakercon2016.html
San Diego Makers Faire Oct. 1 & 2, 2016
http://sandiego.makerfaire.com/
See our report: http://www.rssc.org/sdmakerfaire2016.html
National Robotics Week! April 2-10, 2016
http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/
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