DPRG RBNV - Robot Builders Night Virtual - March 26, 2024

DPRG's virtual robot builders night out meeting, re-named Robot Builders Night Virtual (RBNV), held on March 26, 2024.
RBNV is held every Tuesday at 7:30​​​​​​​​​​ CDT. You can join in by using information found by clicking the RBNV image on the homepage of www.dprg.org​​​​​​​​​​. Come join us and talk robots!
Chat Records for the meeting can be found at www.dprg.org/c...
Normal meeting format is:
-- Round robin show and tell of recent progress on projects.
-- Kibitzing on problems people are seeing.
-- Ad-hoc presentation.
Each meeting is recorded and posted the following week. Attendees agree to have their image and discussions videoed.
Chapters
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:09 Discord roll-out
0:11:40 Mike W discussion of how IMU doesn't seem to help ROS2 localization package performance
0:30:53 Jon showed CAD model of his Robomagellan robot, in which he'd added a battery for electronics
0:36:35 Doug showed the LCD display he's assembled using Jon's robot configurer design (HW & SW)
0:51:38 Discussion of Google Workspace for DPRG
1:07:22 Paul showed the DPRG meeting doorbell
1:10:20 Mike proposed starting a discussion on an outdoor robot - desired features, design etc
1:12:38 Steve showed his (under-construction) outdoor Robomagellan robot