Meeting Minutes for Saturday March 11th, 2017
10:00 Dr. Bruce's talks about the differences between:
Word Recognition vs Natural Language Processing
Face Detection vs Face Recognition
Path Planning vs Path Following
Path Following: Line Following vs A* Point Following
State: Another name for Context, Functions vs Methods, Methods operate on Objects which provide context or State
Methods: are functions that are aware of the state of the situation. Context becomes important. For example if you want to find our the area of a circle or a triangle, the method would treat these differently because it looks at the context.
REST: Representation State Transfer
API: Application Program Interface
A RESTful API is a stateless API that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data
References:
http://arongranberg.com/astar/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNXfSOx4eEE
10:00 Dr. Bruce's talks about the differences between:
Word Recognition vs Natural Language Processing
Face Detection vs Face Recognition
Path Planning vs Path Following
Path Following: Line Following vs A* Point Following
State: Another name for Context, Functions vs Methods, Methods operate on Objects which provide context or State
Methods: are functions that are aware of the state of the situation. Context becomes important. For example if you want to find our the area of a circle or a triangle, the method would treat these differently because it looks at the context.
REST: Representation State Transfer
API: Application Program Interface
A RESTful API is a stateless API that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data
References:
http://arongranberg.com/astar/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNXfSOx4eEE
11:00 Arduino and Bluetooth by Mitch. Mitch demonstrates components and software necessary to control any vehicle (or robot) remotely. Mitch uses Sony controllers, Arduino USB shield and USB Bluetoodh dongle.
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12:20 Lunch
12:50 Budget report by Ron Rose: $713.93, we had expenses of $159 for 2year website hosting service
12:51Contest and Classes are listed below.
- Prof. Mason and his students from www.mtsac.edu/ will be at our meeting in June to facilitate and compete in the firefighting contest. He will bring an arena and his college students to compete. Please see rules here (there are no stairs in the arena) FireFightingContest
- Additional competitions and classes were added to our schedule - see list below
- RSSC.ORG is participating in the National Robotics Week https://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/Events#_F084162DBEE24BFEB75F09886CB434CB
12:50 Budget report by Ron Rose: $713.93, we had expenses of $159 for 2year website hosting service
12:51Contest and Classes are listed below.
- Prof. Mason and his students from www.mtsac.edu/ will be at our meeting in June to facilitate and compete in the firefighting contest. He will bring an arena and his college students to compete. Please see rules here (there are no stairs in the arena) FireFightingContest
- Additional competitions and classes were added to our schedule - see list below
- RSSC.ORG is participating in the National Robotics Week https://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/Events#_F084162DBEE24BFEB75F09886CB434CB
Contest: Best Use of Voice Commands in Robotics
1:06 We had two participants give demos of voice commands.
- Bob Barboza brought his NAO robot and gave a demo of voice interaction between NAO and a human. You can visit Bob's projects at kidstalkradiola.com/
- Walter Martinez demonstrated a free Android app called PopPet that he adapted for his Robotics++ platform. It allows him to control his robot with his Android phone and also send voice commands to move it.
- Bob Barboza brought his NAO robot and gave a demo of voice interaction between NAO and a human. You can visit Bob's projects at kidstalkradiola.com/
- Walter Martinez demonstrated a free Android app called PopPet that he adapted for his Robotics++ platform. It allows him to control his robot with his Android phone and also send voice commands to move it.
Show-N-Tell
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1:27 Tim Lewis - showed video of a pneumatic animatronic figures he is working on. He Will continue showing his progress in the coming months. The figure was an original character from Chucky Cheeses
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1:40 Carl from teletoyland.com/ demonstrated his latest project. Check out the online projects you can control remotely from a web browser. There is also a collection of great instructables www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/keyword-TeleToyland/
1:52 Thomas - showed us some new small robot hands he assembled. Thomas also demonstrated some of the progress he has made with Amazon Alexa.
2:00 Rob showed us his custom made remote control prop like the one in the movie Back to the Future
2:06 Walter Martinez - talked about how he programmed an app using the MIT App Inventor ai2.appinventor.mit.edu to control his robotics platform
You can download the Arduino code and just copy the v3_control.apk to your Android phone.
You can download the Arduino code and just copy the v3_control.apk to your Android phone.
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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: Amazon Alexa Programming by Thomas
- Aug: Machine Vision (by Karl possibility)
- Sept:
- October: Halloween by Tim Lewis
- Nov:
- Dec:
Contests:
- Jan: No Contest
- Feb: No Contest
- Mar: Best use of voice command
- Apr: Line Following
- May: Sumo
- June: Fire Fighting Robot Contest
- July: Walking Robot Contest
- Aug:
- Sept: Line Following
- October: Open Door or fetch beverage (tentative)
- Nov: Sumo
- 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: Amazon Alexa Programming by Thomas
- Aug: Machine Vision (by Karl possibility)
- Sept:
- October: Halloween by Tim Lewis
- Nov:
- Dec:
Contests:
- Jan: No Contest
- Feb: No Contest
- Mar: Best use of voice command
- Apr: Line Following
- May: Sumo
- June: Fire Fighting Robot Contest
- July: Walking Robot Contest
- Aug:
- Sept: Line Following
- October: Open Door or fetch beverage (tentative)
- Nov: Sumo
- Dec: Talent Contest and Pizza Party
2017 RSSC Event Participation:
National Robotics Week April 8-16
https://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/Events#_F084162DBEE24BFEB75F09886CB434CB
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
National Robotics Week April 8-16
https://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/Events#_F084162DBEE24BFEB75F09886CB434CB
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