RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – February 25, 2025

Posted on February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 by MarkR

When

• February 25, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

How

• Join Hangouts 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 – KiCad for Robots– February 22, 2025

Posted on February 19, 2025February 20, 2025 by Robie_robot

Join DPRG on February 22, 2025, 10:00AM CT, at the Dallas Maker Space for a presentation “KiCad for Robots” by DPRG member Doug Paradis. The presentation will step through the process of using the EDA tool KiCad to develop a printed circuit board (PCB). The presentation will have four parts: intro to the KiCad interface, building a schematic, laying out the PCB, sending the design to the PCB manufacturer, JLCPCB. KiCad version 8 is used during the talk.

Attendees are encouraged to download KiCad from https://www.kicad.org/download/ before the meeting so that they can follow along on their laptop.

Separate from the presentation, will be a DPRG club vote on electing a new Vice-President and filling the new position, IT Officer.

Pizza will be served at the meeting at Noon.

DPRG meetings are open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

The meeting can be joined remotely by clicking the Google Meet “Quick Join” button below:

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

note: Featured Image generated with help of AI – Microsoft Designer.

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – February 18, 2025

Posted on February 13, 2025February 21, 2025 by MarkR

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.
• Ray Casler – ⭐
• Paul Bouchier – ⭐
• David Steel – ⭐

When

• February 18, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – February 11, 2025

Posted on February 5, 2025February 13, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.
• Team Iron Reign – ⭐

When

• February 11, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – February 4, 2025

Posted on January 30, 2025February 6, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.
No stars rewarded this week

When

• February 4, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – January 28, 2025

Posted on January 24, 2025January 30, 2025 by Robie_robot

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.
No stars rewarded this week

When

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

DPRG Elections, Bylaws Changes, and Smart Camera Panel – Jan 25, 2025

Posted on January 16, 2025January 27, 2025 by Robie_robot

DPRG held its annual members’ meeting on Saturday January 25th at 10am at the Dallas Makerspace North Lobby classroom.

Annual Meeting:

Smart Camera Panel:

AI Generated Meeting Summary: Meeting Summary (PDF)

The annual meeting is where DPRG handles important business, and members have a chance to share their views concerning club direction. It is important that members try to attend.