The Portland Area Robotics Society
Welcome!
We are an Oregon non-profit formed to help those interested in robots. Our monthly
meetings are open to the public. Everyone is welcome.
The PARTS yahoo group is
a lively forum for public interchange on robotics. Check it out and join the
group. However, we will be migrating a lot of our online presence to our new
colaborative web space -- part blog and part wiki. Check
it out and contribute!
Whether online or in person, we offer an active group of people building robots
who are willing to help out anyone who also wants to learn about and build robots.
Meetings are the first Saturday of each month at 10:30 am, room 103 Engineering
Bldg., Portland State Univ (SW 4th Ave & College St.)
Next Meeting - March 6, 2010
Beginner CTL: TBD
Advanced CTL: Surface Mount Circuit Board Soldering (Scott Dixon, Jim Larson
Announcement: the rules for the new PARTS Indoor Challenge are posted. Get your robots ready for the April 3rd Meeting!
After the main meeting, the group build of the BrushBot controller will take place.
Notice: Monday, February 22, 2010 Group Project Meeting is Cancelled
Owing to the lack of meeting space (TechShop closed, bRainSilo being renovated) as well as the fact that Monty won’t be ready for us to do a group build of the BrushBot PCB, we’re going to cancel today’s meeting.
Instead, this would be a great time for people to contribute to the Wiki and start writing code for the BrushBot.
If you are active in the group project, please sign up for an account at http://colab.portlandrobotics.org. We&ve been tweaking the permissions for new users, so hopefully you will be able to edit and contribute to existing group project pages. If you have trouble, please contact Pete.
Notice: Monday, February 8, 2010 Group Project Meeting Change of Venue
It will be held at bRainSilo http://brainsilo.org -- a newly opened hacker-space by the Rose Garden arena.
The reason for this and the late notice is rather unfortunate. TechShop is
getting evicted and is not available as a meeting place. Open Tech Space, who's
resources we were using, is still very much
alive, but homeless at the moment.
As bRainSilo is brand new, the space is still a bit rough, and there is no
sign out front yet. The entrance is in the alley way off of N Kerby Ave between
N. Tillamook and N. Thompson streets in front of parking spot 50 or 51.
http://brainsilo.org/wiki/Location
Upcoming Group Project Meeting Schedule:
- February 22, 2010: Cancelled
- March 8, 2010
- March 22, 2010
- April 5, 2010
- April 19, 2010
- ...