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RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 10/28/25

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When

• October 28, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

How

• Join Google Meet https://meet.google.com/mwm-imzg-rss
• Join by phone: (US) +1 470-222-8542 , PIN: 334726924

Why

• Talk robots & related stuff.
• Make it easier for people to attend DPRG remotely.

Agenda

• Round table – everybody spends a couple minutes telling what projects they’re working on.
• Ad-hoc presentations – Whoever would like to show & tell.
• “Stump the club” Challenges – Ask for help if you’ve hit a roadblock in your project. Somebody in the club can probably get you pointed in a good direction – or even arrange a side bar session to help.

Note: We record a video of these sessions and post them on the DPRG YouTube channel. By joining the meeting, you’re giving consent to be included in the recording.

DPRG Monthly Meeting – Using Git and GitHub and AI Generated Movie – 10/25/2025

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DPRG’s October monthly meeting will be held at the Dallas Maker Space on October 25, starting at 10:00 AM. There will be a button by the door to allow admittence into the MakerSpace.

The meeting this month is a double-header talk.

DPRG member, Paul Bouchier, will complete a talk on Git and GitHub originally scheduled for the September meeting. He will explain why individual robotics developers would benefit from using these tools. The talk will cover how to get started, how to perform frequently used operations, and common scenarios.

Guest, Thomas Messerschmidt, will show and discuss a movie he made using AI. The movie’s plot is an interview with an AI that went badly off the rails. This should be a fun watch.

After a pizza lunch at Noon, the floor was open for a “Show and Tell” session. RoboColumbus-2025 is near!

All are welcome to join the meeting.

How to watch remotely:

• Join Google Meet https://meet.google.com/mwm-imzg-rss
• Join by phone: (US) +1 470-222-8542 , PIN: 334726924

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 10/21/25

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When

• October 21, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

How

• Join Google Meet https://meet.google.com/mwm-imzg-rss
• Join by phone: (US) +1 470-222-8542 , PIN: 334726924

Why

• Talk robots & related stuff.
• Make it easier for people to attend DPRG remotely.

Agenda

• Round table – everybody spends a couple minutes telling what projects they’re working on.
• Ad-hoc presentations – Whoever would like to show & tell.
• “Stump the club” Challenges – Ask for help if you’ve hit a roadblock in your project. Somebody in the club can probably get you pointed in a good direction – or even arrange a side bar session to help.

Note: We record a video of these sessions and post them on the DPRG YouTube channel. By joining the meeting, you’re giving consent to be included in the recording.

DPRG Monthly Meeting – Update on Human/Robot Voice Interface Powered by Real-Time LLMs, and Using Git and GitHub – 9/27/2025

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DPRG’s September monthly meeting was held at the Dallas Maker Space on September 27, starting at 10:00 AM.

Slide deck: Slide Deck (PDF)

The meeting this month was a double-header talk.

DPRG member, Karim Virani, followed up last month’s “By your command” presentation by demonstrating his robot, Barney, accepting and acting on spoken natural-language commands. Karim discussed cover insights on prompt construction, what the camera sees, and shared context engineering.

DPRG member, Paul Bouchier, gave a talk on Git and GitHub. He explained why individual robotics developers would benefit from using these tools. The talk covered how to get started, how to perform frequently used operations, and common scenarios.

After a pizza lunch at Noon, the floor was open for a “Show and Tell” session.

DPRG Robot Power Lunch – Sunday, Sep 21,2025 at Ford’s Garage

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Join fellow DPRG members and friends at this quarter’s DPRG Robot Power Lunch. It will be held at Ford’s Garage on Sunday, September 21, 2025, at Noon. Ford’s Garage is located at 3904 Dallas Pkwy, Plano.

Make sure to reserve a spot so that we can sit together. Contact Paul via email at president@dprg.org or on the Discord #meetings channel.

DPRG holds a Power Lunch approximately every three months so members and friends can meet informally to discuss projects and share a meal.

RBNV – Robot Builder’s Night Virtual – 9/16/25

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Meeting Video:

Chat Record:  Chat record (PDF)
AI Generated Meeting Summary:  Meeting Summary (PDF)
Star Rewards  (★ = significant robot progress, ⭐ = robot progress and running on floor):
Stars are awarded by group during the meeting.

Mike Williamson – ⭐

When

• September 16, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.