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.
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.
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.
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 2, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
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.
When
• August 26, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
Meeting Video:
AI Summary of Karim’s Presentation: AI Summary (PDF)
Slide Deck: Slide Deck (PDF)
DPRG member, Karim Virani shared his experiences building a voice and video interaction mode for his Pioneer 3 chassis-based ROS2 robot, Barney. The goal is to combine chat and command modes into a responsive unified experience for operators as well as bystanders. According to Karim, there is also a dark side …
Karim did not focus on the AI-assisted software development process so much as how to use AIs for this specific purpose. He also has a Git repository at https://github.com/pondersome/by_your_command.
The meeting was held at the Dallas Maker Space on August 23 starting at 10:00AM.
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.
Dave Ackley – ⭐
When
• August 19, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
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.
When
• August 5, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
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.
When
• April 29, starting at 7:30 PM Dallas time.
• Robot Builder’s Night Virtual (RBNV) meets each Tuesday evening.
The DPRG monthly meeting for July 2025 was a “Show and Tell” event. Members brought their projects and talked about robots.
It was a golden opportunity to see progress on various projects that you hear about during RBNV and on the Discord channel in person.
Pizza was served at lunch for all attendees.
