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<div style=font-size:18px>Botbridge is a beginner-friendly robotics club that meets on Mondays alongside [[chm|Circuit Hacking]]. </div><br />
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= Botbridge Robot Hacking Mondays =<br />
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If you are new to robotics, you can also learn the circuit hacking classes to get acquainted with electronics parts codes and soldering techniques.<br />
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== Current Projects ==<br />
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=== Mutt the Hexapod ===<br />
* We are currently assembling Mutt, a quadriped (so far) robot using a [http://neuronrobotics.com/ Neuron Robotics DiyIO].<br />
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[[File:BotBridgeDiYO.jpg|700px]]<br />
* Next Steps:<br />
** 3D printing leg parts<br />
** Acquire wire to tamiya adapters<br />
* Completed:<br />
*** Acquired DiyIO, 13 servos, 8650x2 battery holder, Logitech LifeCam<br />
badass robot operating system/controller that simulates any leg config and 3D prints its parts out for you!<br />
** November 16: 3D printed body and one of six legs (9 pieces, 3 motors), wired it to the body, manual control convulses the leg, very exciting first steps literally.<br />
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=== Flutter Scout ===<br />
[[File:Flutterscout.jpg|300px|thumb|center|The Flutter Scout rover uses no screws and only tires, bushings and motor. The gears and slotted together parts all 3D printable.]]<br />
* [https://github.com/tlalexander/Flutter-Scout Flutter Scout] is a 3D printable robot based on the Flutter wireless controller by Taylor Alexander<br />
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=== Boe-bot ===<br />
[[File:Boe-bot.jpg|500px|thumb|center]] <br />
Boe-bot is a simple robot we're working on for teaching purposes. It uses a Parallax board that can be programmed with BASIC.<br />
Software https://www.parallax.com/downloads/macbs2-software<br />
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== Future Projects ==<br />
* Make a wireless DiyIO robot that communicates with the network powered by its own Android brain<br />
* CNC metal legs to make the <br />
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== Noisebridge Robot Alumni Association ==<br />
[[File:DoraBot_2012_08_25.jpg|thumb|center|550px|MC Hawking on Aug.25,2012, [http://www.dorabot.com DORA Project]]]<br />
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* [[Noise-bot|MC Hawking (aka the robot formerly known as Noise-bot)]] is a wheelchair-based open [http://www.dorabot.com Dora Bot]] that moved to [http://www.sudoroom.org Sudoroom]. MC Hawking was created by Jake, Lilia, Dr. Jesus, Evan, Hao and Neil.<br />
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== Kits we've used ==<br />
* [http://neuronrobotics.com/ Neuron Robotics DiyIO] badass robot operating system/controller that simulates any leg config and 3D prints its parts out for you!<br />
* [http://www.readiymate.com/ ReaDIYMate] kits to make internet-connected things.<br />
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== Noisebridge resources relevant to robotics ==<br />
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* [[Circuit Hacking Monday]]: If you are new to robotics, you should attend the circuit hacking classes to get acquainted with electronics parts codes and soldering techniques.<br />
* [[Light Patterns with LEDs and Microcontrollers]] look great on robots.<br />
* [[Sensors]] make robots aware of their environment.<br />
* [[Dreamteam]] Neuromachine Learning Wednesdays group can help us teach our robots how to learn.<br />
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== Organizer Contacts ==<br />
[[User:Lxpk]]<br />
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== Participants ==<br />
* Chris B<br />
* Divya<br />
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== Meetings ==<br />
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=== Nov 23 2015 ===<br />
* Attending: Alex, Lisha, Joe, Chris<br />
* Lisha: I started a robotics controller project that could power agricultural and RC car controlling applications. We focused on crowdsourced design and I'm interested in a way for people to iterate on their designs such as walking.<br />
* Joe: I'm from Uganda and went to computer school there. One of my friends when I moved there has a hackspace in Uganda. Henry's group has been doing robots and whatever. They suggested I check out Noisebridge. The space is callde Hackers For Charity.<br />
* How to adjust the bot parts to fit better<br />
** Kevin is adjusting the parts to recess the servos deeper and fit the arms better.<br />
* How to manufacture the bot parts<br />
** Type A Machines could print parts for us<br />
** We should visit them in San Leandro<br />
* What the bot could do<br />
** Participate in making pizzas<br />
*** Toppings placing and tossing<br />
*** Slizing knife<br />
*** Sauce laying tube<br />
*** Field trip to learn about pizza hacking: Visit [http://thepizzahacker.com/ PizzaHacker] and learn about his DIY oven<br />
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=== Nov 8 2015 ===<br />
* Attending: Alex, Chris, Divya<br />
* Introductions<br />
** Alex: I teach game programming and that has always left me with robot envy because game AI characters cannot take over the actual world. So I want to build robots to be able to teach both virtual world and physical world taking overness to kids.<br />
** Divya: I'm here to absorb different types of hacking, software and hardware. I want to think creatively by exposing myself to random things till I find the idea I life and can focus on it.<br />
** Chris: I would like to build a robot. I've always wanted to build a robot. I plan on using this opportunity to motivate myself to finally put together the tabletop arm design I've had for a long time. I will put it to use building things for me. I can't physically build them all with my two hands. It will do fast accurate repetitive work. I could buy one like that, but its a lot of fun to build it. Once I have a relatively inexpensive arm that works well, I can replicate that and make a kit other people can build too!<br />
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* What we did so far?<br />
** We gave a 5 minute presentation to the Chinese delegation at Circuit Hacking which was translated for them live!<br />
** We attempted to stuff the power connector plugs with something to get them to stay in but it wasn't working, we should get proper connector adapters<br />
** I think we need a Tamiya to pigtail connector<br />
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* What would we like the robot to do? <br />
** Divya: <br />
*** Massage walks on your back and lets you tell it where and how to massage you<br />
**** This can be prototyped using the xbox controller before doing speech recognition<br />
*** Monitoring your flat to record intruders such as land ladies<br />
** Lizzy<br />
*** Challenge your friends who come in with a challenge of riddles<br />
*** Pick up dog poop<br />
*** Move like an animal<br />
** Safety:<br />
*** Account for default mode and make sure that when it loses connection, crashes, etc, that it definitely shuts down<br />
*** Training it to recognize table edges and avoid them<br />
*** Potentially high power energy source <br />
*** Thermistor on board to watch out for fire<br />
*** Arms<br />
*** Spider arms<br />
*** No pincers!<br />
*** One large one and one small one<br />
** Cameras <br />
*** 360 cameras would be awesome for looking around through Oculus<br />
*** Hemispherical mirror kit exists<br />
*** OpenCV vision system<br />
**** Face Detection<br />
** Speakers<br />
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** Is our robot wireless?<br />
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* Is the robot for home or office?<br />
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** Detect emotion by doing voice stress analysis<br />
** Prosidy software<br />
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* Voice detection could count how many times you say umm ahh and coach you <br />
* Game console so you can play games with and against it<br />
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** Someone made a Tinder called Rumbler for starting fights in your area<br />
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** Things to add to the robot<br />
*** Sensors<br />
**** Force sensors to know when the robot is touching something<br />
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** Depth cameras such as kinect to sense the room around it.<br />
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** Nerf gun<br />
** Do my homework<br />
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