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September 2016 Meeting Recap!

We had a great September meeting that focused on

helping us prepare for the Mini Sumobot Competition in

November.

The meeting featured awesome robotic videos, an

overview of Arduino Create & Cloud, Sumobot tactics

and strategies and then wrapped up the meeting with

some interesting Show & Tell.

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Robots in the News

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The CEO of Boston Dynamics explains each robot in the fleet

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Atlas Balancing On a Line

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MegaBots Season 1 > Coming to YouTube

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A Hybrid Hydrostatic Transmission and Human Safe Haptic Telepresence Robot

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Shaper Origin: A Handheld CNC

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Wazer: A Waterjet Cutter

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Hayden McCarthy

Learn About

Arduino Create &

Cloud

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Handy Arduino Cheat Sheet.

Download as a PDF

http://files.meetup.com/1352731/arduino_syntax_sheet_3.pdf

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Arduino Projects

https://create.arduino.cc/proje

cthub/LOFI_Robot/robotic-ar

m-lofi-robot-80d95b

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Professor VannoyMini Sumobot

Tactics & Strategies

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Strategies & Tactics Discussed by Prof. Vannoy

1. Sticky Wheels

2. Robot Speed

3. Multiple Sensors

4. Acoustic (Ping)

Sensors

5. IR Sensors

6. Use of Flags

(distraction)

7. Mirrors

8. Tornados

9. Flaps

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Sumo Boy

Professor Vannoy shared

additional sumo strategies

from Sumo Boy.

NOTE: This company tried

to launch a kickstarter

sumo robot kit, but it was

unsuccessful.

Also, I believe their website

sumo-boy.com might be

hacked so avoid for now.

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Were you unable to make it?If you were unable to make the September meeting, you can download Professor Vannoy’s

presentation from the meetup website.

http://files.meetup.com/1352731/Sumo%20Bot%20Strategy.pptx

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Show & Tell!

Chip PearsonChip shared how he 3d printed a prototype system for animatronics to house an eye socket. He started

on the left, learned what worked and didn’t and then proceeded to build the one on the right - 60% field of

vision.

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2 gram servos

Chip also shared some really tiny and

super lightweight servo’s that are used in

helicopters.

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VR & Zombies

Al Taylor shared a humorous story

of how he plays with his HTC Vive

http://www.vive.com/us/ a Virtual

Reality Platform and shoots

zombies.

Anyhow, he used his making skills

and built a system to house the

handset.

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Upcoming Events

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October Events

October 1 & 2

San Diego Maker Faire Oct 1 & 2

http://sandiego.makerfaire.com/

Oct 15 Monthly Meeting

Main Lecture > Prof. Vannoy : More sumo bot prep

Guest Lecture > Tim Lewis : Cool Halloween stuff

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November Events

November 5

SoCal Maker Convention http://socalmakercon.com/

November 19 Monthly Meeting

•Guest Lecture > Shideh Naderi

Electrical Engineering Major with minor in Computer Science at San Diego State.

She is specializing in autonomous robotics, image processing and VR/AR.

•Mini Sumo Robot Contest. We will have many classes.

Awards will be given.

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December

•Board Elections for 2017

•Main Presentation > Mathew Kuruvilla

Virtual Reality Demonstration with Oculus Rift

•Pizza Party

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Membership and Sponsors

Become a Member or Sponsor Today

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Our not-for-profit club is supported mostly by

membership dues and occasional gifts in kind by our

sponsors.

Membership is $20 a year for an individual and $30 for

a family. While dues is not a requirement to be a

member, it helps defray our expenses for things like

coffee, donuts, water, soft drinks and our pizza parties.

We encourage all members to consider purchasing

products from those that support our club where

possible.

About Riverside Robotics Society

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The Riverside Robotics Society is a not-for-profit group

that promotes and shares ideas and experiences

about robotics. Our members are comprised largely of

hobbyists who love to design and build robots.

Our group is open those of all ages although those

under 18 must have a parent present. We love to

share and this includes the use of equipment such as

hot soldering irons as well as small and sharp

electronic parts.

When you visit the group, you accept complete and

sole responsibility for your actions.

Board of Directors

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Per our By Laws, each December we elect key

roles (President, Vice President, Treasurer and

Secretary) to run RRS*.

For 2016, these key roles and members are:

•President > John McCarthy

•Vice President > Thomas Messerschmidt

•Secretary > Greg Allen

•Treasurer > Hayden McCarthy

•Historian > Forrest Thompson

* The balance of the roles are appointed.