Seattle Robotics Society
The Seattle Robotics Society was formed in 1982 to serve those interested in building robots and learning about associated technologies. We are a non-profit entity consisting of a diverse group of technologists and tinkerers. Our collective passion is to learn about robots and freely share our skills, knowledge, and experience with the greater interested community through meetings, workshops, contests, outreach events, online activities, educational activities, and mentoring.
Announcements
ONLINE meetings will continue using Zoom. See the meeting announcements below for all meeting details and information.
We are mostly done migrating content from the old SRS website to a new host in WordPress. Browse around the website and kick the tires. The old content has been archived and is offered mainly for historical purposes.
The Encoder is back but in its original form since migrating everything to WP is simply not practical. It will remain as it was. If new publication begins, articles will be done in WP.
All updates about upcoming events will appear ONLY on the new website and on our social media platforms.
Meeting Venue: Over the years, the SRS has met at various places (North Seattle College, then Renton Technical College in various classrooms, then the FIRSTWA Fieldhouse). We met at the FIRST Washington Field House in Kent, WA until COVID shut everything down in early 2019. In-person meetings were suspended indefinitely, but after a 5-month hiatus, while we figured virtual meetings out, we started meeting ONLINE using MS Teams, then Zoom. The unused Field House was vacated by FIRSTWA leaving us with no in-person location to return to. We hope to have a new physical location for monthly meetings sometime soon once FIRST Washington gets settled into their new facility. When in-person meetings do start, details will be posted here.
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Next meeting:
- February 19, 2022
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SRS Monthly Meeting
February 19, 2022 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Online- The meeting will happen ONLINE at 3:00pm PDT using ZOOM to accommodate our presenter who is 16hrs ahead (JST) of us in Japan.
- Join Zoom Meeting HERE. -- Meeting ID: 859 6958 8697 -- Meeting Passcode: 1982
- Join us for a special mid-afternoon meeting where Yukata Kondo will be presenting live from Japan on building ROS2 robots and manipulators from scratch.
- There will NOT be a Robotics Discussion following this meeting due to the late start time.
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Use this button to RSVP for the next meeting on MeetUp!
Monthly Meetings
Every month on the third Saturday robotics fans from all over the place gather to share, learn, and geek out over robotics, science, and technology. Due to Covid-19 we have been meeting remotely over Zoom, but we will resume in-person meetings as soon as it is safe to do so. You can find recordings of the meetings here. Below you can find links to learn more about how meetings work and how to attend one, read notes from past meetings, and see our calendar of upcoming meetings.
What to expect at a meeting
Your how-to guide for attending your first meeting.
The Blog: notes from past meetings
You can find information collected during prior meetings in the SRS Weblog here:
Calendar of upcoming events
The calendar will show upcoming meetings and other events of interest to the club.
Presenting at a Seattle Robotics Society meeting
We are always looking for presentations about interesting robotics topics, applications, and technology. Click the button below to find out more.
Community
There are many different ways to get connected to the SRS community! Click the links below to learn about the three best ways to stay in touch.
Attend a meeting
Attending a meeting is as easy as clicking on the Zoom link provided in the meeting announcements. When in-person meetings restart, the venue details will be posted on the website, but online attendance will still be an option.
Interactive email list
An interactive email list is available on Groups.io to ask robot-related questions to other folks on the list.
Monday night IRC chat
This is a technical chat forum for discussing robot-related questions in between meetings, every Monday night at 7pm PT.