Roanoke Robotics

Welcome to the Roanoke Robotics Club!

We build hobby robots ... Come & join the fun! We meet at the Science Museum of Western Virginia in Roanoke, Virginia, on the first Saturday of each month, at 12:00 noon.

The robotics club is for everyone... adults, families, and kids of all ages.

Our goals are to:

1. Share & Learn from each other,

2. Have Fun, &

3. Give Back to the Community.

If you like to build, design, learn about & share robotics & other exciting technologies, you'd enjoy our group!

We teach workshops, hold contests, share our work & our knowledge with each other ...

Please join our fun group!

We look forward to seeing you at our events!

We are looking for organizers! If you have a speciality you'd like to help organize, please let us know!

If you're connected to any local technology organizations or groups we'd love to hear from you! We'd be more than happy to post your events here!

Welcome!

Kevin :-)

(540) 819-8020

KevinHines@aol.com

PS - The only rule we have is: attendees under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

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Monthly Meeting, Demos & Tutorials - Project Updates & "Robot of the Month"

Sat Jun 02
12:00 PM
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2 attending
1 comment

Science Museum-Western Va: 4420 Electric Rd, Roanoke, Vi (map)

Location: Science Musuem, in Tanglewood Mall. Time: 12 PM (Noon) to 2 PM Agenda (please suggest topics): -Business meeting: plan for upcoming events & contests -... Learn more

Hosted by: Kevin Hines (Organizer)

This Meetup repeats on the 1st Saturday of every month

Monthly Meeting, Demos & Tutorials - Project Updates & "Robot of the Month"	1 attending	Sat Jul 7, 12:00 PM
Monthly Meeting, Demos & Tutorials - Project Updates & "Robot of the Month"	1 attending	Sat Aug 4, 12:00 PM
Monthly Meeting, Demos & Tutorials - Project Updates & "Robot of the Month"	1 attending	Sat Sep 1, 12:00 PM

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Recent Meetups

May 12 at 10:00 AM, 75 Robot Builders attended
2nd Annual Robot Parade Event
They rated it 5.003 (3 ratings) and uploaded 23 photos

“
Robo-Parade was Awesome ... lots of folks built & programmed their 1st robot... many teams' robots completed the parade circuit ...

—Kevin Hines

“
Very Awesome & fun, everyone participating was a winner. ...

—Gary Yohe
May 5 at 2:00 PM, 15 Robot Builders attended
Sumo Robotics at the Roanoke City Downtown Library's Japanese Festival
They rated it 5.001 (1 ratings) and uploaded 3 photos

The Roanoke City Downtown Library is holding a Japanese Festival, and has invited us to hold a sumo robotics contest & demos, at the library, from 2 to 4 PM. Agenda: -... Learn more
May 5 at 12:00 PM, 7 Robot Builders attended
Monthly Meeting, May 5th
They rated it 4.002 (2 ratings) and uploaded 3 photos

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Wish we had more time to explore cool developments!

—Henry Bass

“
Thanks to Henry for the Robo-parade work... and Kevin, great to meet you!

—Kevin Hines
April 7 at 12:00 PM, 14 Robot Builders attended
Monthly Meeting & "Build a Robot" Workshop
They rated it 5.002 (2 ratings) and uploaded 10 photos

“
Great "hands on" RC event.

—Gary Yohe

“
Thanks to Angelo, Gary & Dave, for creating & carrying out this workshop! ...

—Kevin Hines
April 7 at 8:00 AM, 3 Robot Builders attended
Raleigh Ham Radio Fest
The Raleigh, NC, Ham Radio Festival should be a lot of fun! Thanks to Jay for alerting us to this event! More Info is at: http://www.rars.org/hamfest/ Kevin

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Gary Yohe commented on Monthly Meeting, Demos & Tutorials - Project Updates & "Robot of the Month"
Friday at 5:15 PM

"I found an old article for testing HD44780 LCD displays that is more like a simple "how to" tutorial for beginners...."

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New Discussion Reply

Gary Yohe replied to How to do wireless 2-way audio for a robot? (latest of 2)
May 24 at 10:17 PM

"I had come to the same conclusion as Ryan."
New Discussion

Kevin Hines started How to do wireless 2-way audio for a robot?
May 23 at 10:14 PM

"Hey Friends, I'd like to get your suggestions about how to do wireless, 2-way audio (i.e., listen and talk), to use with an FPV (first person view) robot, please...."

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New Discussion

Kevin Hines started What events would you like to see at Roanoke Robotics?
May 20 at 1:51 AM

"Hey all, My goal is to get more people to join in the fun of robotics with us. I really want us to be the community space where we can help folks turn tech project ideas into reality. What can we do to help you get excited and make things?..."

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Gary Yohe commented on MystiCon 2013 Science Fiction Convention
May 16 at 7:40 PM

"Maybe RC and autonomous sumos would be cool. My near impossible stretch goal is to put an RC control on an e300S electric scooter with an interactive character and FPV. The character is still under consideration."

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New RSVP

Gary Yohe RSVPed Yes for MystiCon 2013 Science Fiction Convention
May 16 at 7:27 PM

Feb '13 23

MystiCon 2013 Science Fiction Convention
Saturday 9:00 AM at Holiday Inn

2 attending
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Kevin Hines commented on 2nd Annual Robot Parade Event
May 15 at 6:43 PM

"Fox News video from the event is posted here (Thanks, Henry!): http://www.fox2127.com/global/category.asp?c=209682&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=7261541"

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Gary Yohe commented on 2nd Annual Robot Parade Event
May 14 at 6:14 PM

"videos are open to U tube public"

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Henry Bass attended 2nd Annual Robot Parade Event
May 14 at 12:04 PM

"A super event with great participation. We had about a 50/50 mix of teams/technologists with new students. The workshops went well and could have handled more people if the inventory of parts were more complete. Especially lacking: Hassenplugs...."

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Henry Bass tagged 3 members in 2nd Annual Robot Parade Event
May 14 at 11:34 AM

Sam English
Henry Bass

Kevin Hines