Meeting Minutes January14th, 2016 - Happy New Year!
10:00-11:00 leafproject.org Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group - Dr. Bruce discusses AI topics (Neato Robotics Lidar, Python, SLAM, navigation) 11:00-12:00 Robots in Education 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 - Talent Contest! Impress us with your latest creation! 2:30 - Show-N-Tell - Show us what you are working on! 10:00-11:00 Dr. Bruce discusses tools he uses to build his robots
Tools to use to document your robotics projects:
-Video screen capturing/editor to document your software or create How To videos: iSpring Free Cam 8 - Remote control: Teamviewer - Zeus Editor - Golang for Windows - github.com find repo: bjweimer/tigerslam - Arduino Mega, HID Shield Rumblepad Joystick Game Controllers, RoboClaw DC Motor Controller - XV Lidar Rangefinder Dr. Bruce showed a video capture of his project that uses HectorSLAM, 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 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 |
RSSC at the San Diego Maker Faire 2016.
See report and photos here: http://www.rssc.org/sdmakerfaire2016.html 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/ |
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11:30- 12:00 Bill - Arduino Alternatives
You can now purchase an 32bit processor for the price of an 8bit processor and a lot faster!
http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/microcontrollers_16-bit_32-bit/msp/products.page#
http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/07/12/sifive-introduces-freedom-u500-and-e500-open-source-risc-v-socs/
https://www.esp8266basic.com/
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Products
https://hackaday.io/project/10210-dixi-arduino-sam-d11-usb-stick
http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/tools-software/launchpads/launchpads.page
http://energia.nu/
http://fubarino.org/
https://www.mbed.com/en/
https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/242
https://www.seeedstudio.com/category/Arduino-%26-Compatible-c-3.html
https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/
https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy32.html
http://en.robotis.com/index/product.php?cate_code=131010
https://www.adafruit.com/category/17
http://www.sainsmart.com/arduino/control-boards.html
https://www.mattairtech.com/
https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20161017231525&SearchText=arduino
http://digistump.com/category/1
https://onion.io/
https://www.crowdsupply.com/sifive/hifive1
https://www.sifive.com/
https://dev.sifive.com/dev-kits/
https://store.digilentinc.com/chipkit-max32-microcontroller-board-with-mega-r3-headers/
You can now purchase an 32bit processor for the price of an 8bit processor and a lot faster!
http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/microcontrollers_16-bit_32-bit/msp/products.page#
http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/07/12/sifive-introduces-freedom-u500-and-e500-open-source-risc-v-socs/
https://www.esp8266basic.com/
https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Products
https://hackaday.io/project/10210-dixi-arduino-sam-d11-usb-stick
http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/tools-software/launchpads/launchpads.page
http://energia.nu/
http://fubarino.org/
https://www.mbed.com/en/
https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/242
https://www.seeedstudio.com/category/Arduino-%26-Compatible-c-3.html
https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/
https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy32.html
http://en.robotis.com/index/product.php?cate_code=131010
https://www.adafruit.com/category/17
http://www.sainsmart.com/arduino/control-boards.html
https://www.mattairtech.com/
https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20161017231525&SearchText=arduino
http://digistump.com/category/1
https://onion.io/
https://www.crowdsupply.com/sifive/hifive1
https://www.sifive.com/
https://dev.sifive.com/dev-kits/
https://store.digilentinc.com/chipkit-max32-microcontroller-board-with-mega-r3-headers/
1:01- 1:00 Business Meeting
- Bob Barboza: will be at NAMM (National Associate of Music Merchants) presenting on music and robots
Bob will also perform at the VA Hospital in Long Beach. See http://kidstalkradiola.com/
- Budget: We have over $500 in the budget. Last year we had about $500 in expenses.
- Trish: discussed
- President- got an email from MidSummer Scream http://midsummerscream.org/ Halloween Festival on July 29 & 30, 2017
Long Beach Convention Center From Creepy LA and Theme Park Adventure. RSSC will consider having a booth there showing animatronics, etc.
- President -got an email from http://robotart.org/ to participate in the 2017 second annual robotic art competition with $100,000 in cash prizes.
- It was discussed that we should get a PA system with microphone and speaker. Ron will bring something he has to test it.
- There was a discussion about the many possible contests we could have this year. We will publish them as we produce the instructions.
2017 Officers
President: Eric Wiemers
Alan Timm: Vice President
Secretary: Walter Martinez
Treasurer: Ron Rose
Board Member: Bob Barboza, Trish Tsoiasue and Thomas M.
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:
- June:
- July:
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec:
Contests:
- Jan: No Contest
- Feb: Best use of voice command
- Mar:
- Apr:
- May:
- June: Open Door (tentative)
- July:
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec: Talent Contest and Pizza Party
- Bob Barboza: will be at NAMM (National Associate of Music Merchants) presenting on music and robots
Bob will also perform at the VA Hospital in Long Beach. See http://kidstalkradiola.com/
- Budget: We have over $500 in the budget. Last year we had about $500 in expenses.
- Trish: discussed
- President- got an email from MidSummer Scream http://midsummerscream.org/ Halloween Festival on July 29 & 30, 2017
Long Beach Convention Center From Creepy LA and Theme Park Adventure. RSSC will consider having a booth there showing animatronics, etc.
- President -got an email from http://robotart.org/ to participate in the 2017 second annual robotic art competition with $100,000 in cash prizes.
- It was discussed that we should get a PA system with microphone and speaker. Ron will bring something he has to test it.
- There was a discussion about the many possible contests we could have this year. We will publish them as we produce the instructions.
2017 Officers
President: Eric Wiemers
Alan Timm: Vice President
Secretary: Walter Martinez
Treasurer: Ron Rose
Board Member: Bob Barboza, Trish Tsoiasue and Thomas M.
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:
- June:
- July:
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec:
Contests:
- Jan: No Contest
- Feb: Best use of voice command
- Mar:
- Apr:
- May:
- June: Open Door (tentative)
- July:
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec: Talent Contest and Pizza Party
We had a great turn out at out first 2017 meeting!
1:52 - Bob H. talks about contests using Bluetooth controlled robots. He wants to know who can help programming Bluetooth in the Lego NXT robots.
2:00 Mitch brought a tank that he built with his son and daughter. He talked about how he built it. 24 volts, 200+ watt motors. Mitch competes in RC paint ball tank competitions.
2:25 - Justin -Created his own version of the Arduino board. You can get the files from github.com search maginnovision
2:30 - Thomas demonstrates the latest Betty 9 - 1/2. Thomas got his robot to follow him from the parking lot to the meeting room using a camera and red shirt.
Thomas is using the EZ Robot board to control his robot.
Thomas is using the EZ Robot board to control his robot.
2:55 - Meeting Adjurned
2016 Events
Classes:
- June: Bob Barboza class/discussion on Arduino Satellite Project
- July: 3D printing InMoov robots class by Alan, Thomas and Walter
- Aug: InMoov, ROS and xBox Kinect integration
- Sept: Materials by Eric W.
- Oct: Animatronics/Robots for Halloween by industry expert Tim Lewis
- Nov: Animatronics/Robots Part II by industry expert Tim Lewis
- Dec:We will not have a class for this month due to pizza party
Contests:
- Jul: Outdoor Robotics Contest
- Oct: Biped Robot Competition - robot walks ten feet in one direction, turns around and comes back to it original starting area. Fastest and more
accurate to the final destination wins.
- Nov: Get me a soda/drink from the refrigerator contest
- Dec: Talent Contest and Pizza Party
Classes:
- June: Bob Barboza class/discussion on Arduino Satellite Project
- July: 3D printing InMoov robots class by Alan, Thomas and Walter
- Aug: InMoov, ROS and xBox Kinect integration
- Sept: Materials by Eric W.
- Oct: Animatronics/Robots for Halloween by industry expert Tim Lewis
- Nov: Animatronics/Robots Part II by industry expert Tim Lewis
- Dec:We will not have a class for this month due to pizza party
Contests:
- Jul: Outdoor Robotics Contest
- Oct: Biped Robot Competition - robot walks ten feet in one direction, turns around and comes back to it original starting area. Fastest and more
accurate to the final destination wins.
- Nov: Get me a soda/drink from the refrigerator contest
- Dec: Talent Contest and Pizza Party