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RBNV – Robot Builders Night Virtual – November 26, 2024

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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.
No stars rewarded this week

When

• November 26, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time (CDT).
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.

RoboColumbus Plus -2024: Results, Robot Interviews, and Run Videos

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DPRG’s RoboColumbus Outdoor Rover competition for 2024 was held on November 23. The competition was hosted by the Edward’s family, which is greatly appreciated by DPRG. The morning started out with the course layout. Donuts and coffee were provided for the judges and competitors. While the course details were finalized and the cone waypoints handed out, competitors made final checks on their robots and used the practice cones to set up vision systems. At midday, pizza was served, then the competition started. Each competing robot was allowed 3 runs. Winners were based on the best runs of each robot. Everyone had a good time.

Results:

Competitor / RobotRun 1Run 2Run 3
Paul Bouchier / MowBot 1st place 4     ⭐9⭐     –
Scott Gibson / B.E.L.C.H 2nd place      6     0      7
Scott Gibson / T.U.R.D 3rd place      3     3      6
Ray Casler / Flakey mug winner      0      0     2
David Steele / Marty mug winner      0     1      0

Robot Interviews:
Paul Bouchier – MowBot: MowBot Interview

David Steel – Marty: Marty Interview

Ray Casler – Flakey: Flakey Interview

Scott Gibson – B.E.L.C.H: Belch Interview

Scott Gibson – T.U.R.D: T.U.R.D. Interview

Carl Ott – Duct Tape and Bailing Wire: Duct Tape and Bailing Wire Interview

Robot Run Videos:

Paul Bouchier – Mowbot: run-1 – run-2 Paul achieved the first “perfect score” had at the Edward’s property on run 2.

Scott Gibson’s B.E.L.C.H. robot: run-1 – run-2 – run-3A – run-3B

Scott Gibson’s T.U.R.D. robot: run-1 – run-2 – run-3

Ray Casler’s Flakey robot: run-1 – run-2 – run-3

David Steel’s Marty robot: run-1 – run-2 – run-3

Robot run videos are very helpful in showing the unexpected tribulations that the robots endure while attempting the tasks of the competition. Even runs that did not go well often have lessons.

 

DPRG Monthly Meeting – RoboColumbus-Plus Canada RESCHEDULED– October 26, 2024

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Join DPRG on October 26, 2024, 10:00AM CDT, at the Dallas Maker Space for a group meeting. The Canadian RoboColumbus Plus Competition to be held in the Stoney Creek, Onterio area has been rescheduled to coincide with the local competition in Farmersville on November 23rd.

At this month’s meeting, Dallas area competitors in next month’s local RoboColumbus-Plus competition, are encouraged to show-and-tell the current progress of their robots.

Pizza will be served at Noon. The meeting is open to all.

note: The featured image of this article is part of an inside DPRG running joke with our Canadian members.