Meeting Minutes Saturday January12th, 2019
10:00-11:00 Class Review of SLAM and revolution of robotics! by Dr. Bruce
11:00-12:00 Class - Roger Cheng presented his Sawppy Mars roverproject.
12:00-12:30 Break -
12:30-12:40 Business Meeting $1138 (minus $159 for the website renewal)
- Discuss Next Monthly Events, Classes, Budget and Contests
12:40- 3:30 Show-N-Tell - Show us what you are working on! Open to anyone to show what they are working on or ask for opinions and getting possible solutions.
Impress us with your best creation!
10:00-11:00 Class Review of SLAM and revolution of robotics! by Dr. Bruce
11:00-12:00 Class - Roger Cheng presented his Sawppy Mars roverproject.
12:00-12:30 Break -
12:30-12:40 Business Meeting $1138 (minus $159 for the website renewal)
- Discuss Next Monthly Events, Classes, Budget and Contests
12:40- 3:30 Show-N-Tell - Show us what you are working on! Open to anyone to show what they are working on or ask for opinions and getting possible solutions.
Impress us with your best creation!
10:00 AM Dr. Bruce demonstrated his latest autonomous robot using the SLAMTec platform, game controller, RoboClaw motor controllers, 7 inch LCD, Intel NUC small computer
11:00-12:00 Class - Roger Cheng presented his Sawppy Mars Rover project.
Sawppy the Rover was inspired by JPL's Open Source Rover project. Most of the differences between Sawppy and its JPL inspiration were motivated by a desire to reduce cost and complexity. JPL's rover is designed for education.
Sawppy the Rover was inspired by JPL's Open Source Rover project. Most of the differences between Sawppy and its JPL inspiration were motivated by a desire to reduce cost and complexity. JPL's rover is designed for education.
12:44 Business Meeting
- We have been invited to a Maker Faire in Loma Linda on Sunday April 7th. Contact us thru our email list or contact if you want to get involved. https://www.lla.org/schools-/maker-faire/
- We have been invited to a Mini Maker Faire in February 13th in Korea Town (Los Angeles). https://www.brawerman.org/ Let igerman at brawerman dot org know if you would like to be involved.
- Jim U. Proposed a new contest using using cameras, but more discussion will be need it
- We have been invited to a Maker Faire in Loma Linda on Sunday April 7th. Contact us thru our email list or contact if you want to get involved. https://www.lla.org/schools-/maker-faire/
- We have been invited to a Mini Maker Faire in February 13th in Korea Town (Los Angeles). https://www.brawerman.org/ Let igerman at brawerman dot org know if you would like to be involved.
- Jim U. Proposed a new contest using using cameras, but more discussion will be need it
- Ben - mentioned his new Pi based platform could be used for a contest. You can buy one for $120 here www.sunfounder.com/picar-s-kit.html
- Sergei - Tensorflow using Anaconda Navigator . Sergei talked about Jupyter and Anaconda. Check out Sergei's Github to learn more slgrobotics
- Andrew - from Barnabas Robotics came to visit us and showed his educational kit for kids
- Trish talked about her current projects and is looking for volunteers
2019 Schedule
Classes:
- Jan: Roger Cheng presented his Sawppy Mars rover project.
- Feb: Dr. Bruce Python and Alan - OnSahape parametric design
- Mar: Roger Cheng - Cheap 3D printers
- Apr: Tim Lewis - 3D printing
- May: Dennis Mangrobang - Industrial Robotics
- June:
- July: Trish - Hacking the Lego NXT
- Aug:
- Sept: Andrew RISC-V
- October: Tim Lewis - Animatronics for Halloween
- Nov:
- Dec:
Contests:
- Jan: None
- Feb:
- Mar:
- Apr:
- May:
- June: Color line following
- July:
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec: Talent Show
Events:
- Jan: None
- Feb:
- Mar:
- Apr:
- May:
- June:
- July:
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec:
Classes:
- Jan: Roger Cheng presented his Sawppy Mars rover project.
- Feb: Dr. Bruce Python and Alan - OnSahape parametric design
- Mar: Roger Cheng - Cheap 3D printers
- Apr: Tim Lewis - 3D printing
- May: Dennis Mangrobang - Industrial Robotics
- June:
- July: Trish - Hacking the Lego NXT
- Aug:
- Sept: Andrew RISC-V
- October: Tim Lewis - Animatronics for Halloween
- Nov:
- Dec:
Contests:
- Jan: None
- Feb:
- Mar:
- Apr:
- May:
- June: Color line following
- July:
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec: Talent Show
Events:
- Jan: None
- Feb:
- Mar:
- Apr:
- May:
- June:
- July:
- Aug:
- Sept:
- October:
- Nov:
- Dec: