Next General Meeting
Hobby Project to Industrial Grade – Safety Rated Systems for the Technology You Already Understand
When: Wed May 29 at 7PM West Coast Time
Presenter: Chuck Pitzer, a renowned expert in the field of robotics, will be presenting in person at InOrbit in Mountain View. See below for in person and Zoom attendance details.
Abstract: The fundamental technology for navigating from point A to point B is already well understood by your average robot hobbyist. What are the challenges in making the leap from a hobby level project to something that can safely be introduced into the market around humans? We’re going to briefly go over Risk Assessments, Performance Levels, and state-of-the-art safety rated controllers and sensors. By the end of this talk, you should have a roadmap that will help guide you along whenever you are confronted with robots that are deployed in industrial, residential, or commercial environments.
Bio: I currently serve as the Director of Hardware Engineering at Zebra Robotics Automation (formerly Fetch Robotics). In this role, I am responsible for the development, functional safety, certification, budgeting, and planning for the existing fleet of 100kg payload and 1500kg payload robots – and all new developments, including accessories. I also have served as a Director of Product Design, Principal Mechanical Engineer, and Senior Product Designer for Zebra Robotics, Fetch Robotics, Neato Robotics, Panasonic Avionics, Applied Minds, Raytheon, Boeing, and a few smaller heavy equipment manufacturers. My robots have appeared on nine seasons of BattleBots, CSI Cyber, Showtime’s Shameless, Disney’s LabRats, a Budlight SuperBowl “RoboBash” Commercial, Fox’s Breaking In, Discovery’s Killer Robots, and Spike TV’s Auction Hunters.
Our meetings are hybrid
This month’s in person session is at
InOrbit Robot Space, 293 Castro St, Mountain View, CA
The presentation will be remote via Zoom.
Online @ Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87591575859?pwd=bU5FeDdDSXp5ZDBxcVlmVXNMQ0F3UT09
Zoom Meeting ID: 875 9157 5859, Passcode: 743426
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Agenda: Regardless of the topic, all of our general meeting use the following pattern:
- Industry News
- Club News
- I Need Help
- Show and Tell
- Presentation
- Random Access
Next SIG Meeting
When: Wed May 22 at 7PM West Coast Time
The HBRC SIG (Special Interest Group) is a random access group; that is a loosely organized discussion of homebrewed robots. Bring your robot, show it off, ask questions, and generally hang out with others who enjoy robot-building as a pastime and/or profession. From beginner to expert, if you are interested in robotics, please join us.
Online @ Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87591575859?pwd=bU5FeDdDSXp5ZDBxcVlmVXNMQ0F3UT09
Zoom Meeting ID: 875 9157 5859, Passcode: 743426
One tap mobile +13052241968
Next HBRC Business Meeting
When: Wed June 5 at 7PM West Coast Time