1. INTRODUCTION
   1. Eugene
      1. aka Mentar
      2. Not into robotics through profession
      3. Computing/AI:good
      4. Electronics: decent
      5. Mechanics: pretty bad
   2. Less lecture, more dialog
   3. Allergic to slides, sorry
   4. Why Robotics at LHS?
      1. Share tools/knowledge/robots
      2. Take on bigger projects
      3. Have fun hacking!
   5. Rest of group?
      1. Name/NickName
      2. What's your robotics experience
      3. Any projects you did
      4. What would you like to do?
2. What is "Robotics"
   1. Definition of robotics
      1. The branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots.
      2. Robot: A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.
   2. What it really means
   3. Multi faceted
      1. Computing
      2. AI
      3. Electronics
      4. Mechanics
3. Types of robots
   1. Robot arms
   2. Cartesian
   3. Autonomous
   4. Legged
   5. Bio-mimetic
      1. Humanoid
      2. Insect walkers
   6. BEAM
   7. Aerial
   8. Aquatic
   9. Many, many more!
4. How to get into robotics
   1. Get hacking!
   2. DIY plans
      1. Laser cut/print most of the chassis
      2. Add servos
      3. Add a processor
      4. Add sensors
      5. Hexy
      6. Ikimo
      7. 6DOF arm on thingiverse
      8. Arduino robot book
   3. Getting more serious
      1. Nao
      2. Turtlebot
      3. Husky
      4. Atlas(DARPA)
   4. Ready kits on the net
      1. Arduino Robot
      2. Sparki
      3. LynxMotion 5DOF arm
         1. Subtopic 1
      4. A few on CoolComponents
      5. Know/find more? Add to our wiki
5. doing clever stuff
   1. Robot Operating System
      1. *NIX based
      2. Distributed
      3. HAL (hardware abstraction) not Space Odyssey !
      4. Powerful/flexible/complex
      5. Clients in: c++,py,lisp,java,lua,c#,ruby,arduino!
      6. RobotWebTools!
      7. Lots of libraries for
         1. SLAM
         2. Particle Clouds
         3. Path planning
         4. Natural interraction
         5. Computer Vision
         6. Kinematics & Dynamics
         7. Industrial
         8. Different robots (e.g. Roomba)
      8. Simulation (Stage, Gazebo,Rviz)
      9. Active community for help
      10. Can run on an rPI
   2. MS Robotic Developer Studio
      1. .NET
      2. Free to use(then paid, then free again), proprietary
      3. Easier, more limited
      4. Simulation
   3. Know/used others?
6. At LHS
   1. projects
      1. Robotics development platform
         1. 6DOF UMI RTX100 arm
         2. + Mobile scooter base
         3. + Kinect
         4. = awesome
         5. Not quite a toy
         6. Helps bridge the HW/SW gap
         7. hs project
      2. Staubli
         1. Industrial 6DOF arm
         2. Donated by QM
         3. +-0.02mm precision
         4. NOT a toy
         5. Uses V+
         6. Versatile
         7. hs project
   2. potential robotics area
      1. Sharing with CNC
      2. A set of electronic tools
      3. Need to clear out the junk
      4. Separate the area a bit
7. Group structure
   1. Open to non-members?
   2. Communication
      1. IRC #london-hack-space-robotics
      2. Wiki for info sharing
      3. Mailinglist (london-hack-space-robotics@googlegroups.com)
      4. Github: LHSRobotics
      5. Logo?
   3. Meetups
      1. Weekly/Fortnightly?
      2. Weekday availability
8. Wrap up
   1. projects/demos/collaboration
   2. Staubli is downstairs