This meeting was held on Saturday, August 10th at 10:00AM PST.
Links to individual topics:
00:00:00 Club Meeting Introductions
00:02:56 Let's make a head and neck mechanism for the Unitree Go2! Inspired by the K9 units from the movie Code 8 Part 2, we'll touch on a few design and construction considerations, then talk about control strategies for the neck, which is a stewart platform. (Alan)
00:59:30 Join us as we go deep into hacking commercial RC truck circuits for autonomous use without a schematic! We'll tackle a mysterious issue where manual remote control steering randomly causes a full-speed jump in the drive motor. Could it be due to grounding, or signal crosstalk? Be part of the investigation as we troubleshoot and examine signals to uncover the culprit and find a stable solution! (Jim)
01:50:32 Announcements: Makerfaire participation discussion, moving our meeting location
02:02:28 Show'n'Tell: (Jim) IMU Calibration Cube, wandering gps localization problem in rviz
02:25:13 Show'n'Tell: (Alan) Go2 nav stack; auto charging dock;
02:33:10 Show'n'Tell: (Jess) Shows his star wars droid that he designed, head mechanism, wandering dvd robot puck project, battlebot carnage
02:49:20 Show'n'Tell: (Seth) Shares details about his improved foxglove-joystick project and using it on his steamdeck
02:59:09 Show'n'Tell: (Thomas) Demonstrates vision capabilities of GPT-4o with images of a poker hand
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RSSC is an exciting and fun experimental robotics society formed in the late 1970's around the time when many computer clubs where being formed. The need for robotics specific club was met by forming one of the first robotics clubs in the world.
We meet once a month on the second Saturday of the month at California State University Long Beach. Parking is free on the street or paid on the university parking lots.
Our meetings start at 10 AM with classes, special interest groups on different robotics subjects from simple to very complex. At 12:30pm We also have a short business meeting followed by a short break then a competition plus a show and tell of the various projects our members are working on and it ends around 3:30pm.
Anyone interested in robotics and other latest technologies such as 3D printing, maker movement, Artificial Intelligence of any age group and skill level is welcome to come to our meetings! We also have presenters from student projects, Battlebot builders to Mars rover drivers and leaders from the robotics community. Please contact us if you have any questions. We have member experts in virtually all areas of robotics.