Seattle Robotics Society

Welcome to the Seattle Robotics Society!

The Seattle Robotics Society was formed in 1982 to serve those interested in learning about and building robots. We are a non-profit corporation comprised of a diverse group of professionals and amateurs, high school students and college professors, engineers and tinkerers. Our passion is the creation of cybernetic creatures that challenge the old definitions of life, intelligence, and practicality.

See the SRS Programs page for information on the activities that the SRS does to help promote robotics. There is also information there on getting started in robotics.

Announcements

Workshop Robot Classes are Back! Level 1 classes are April 26, May 10, and May 18. Level 2 classes are May 31 and June 7. Please contact Jim Kindsvater to sign up.

Upcoming Events

Meetings

Our regular meetings are at 10am on the third Saturday of each month at Renton Technical College. After the meetings we typically head out for pizza; specific details about lunch are on the meetings page.

Below are the planned presentations for upcoming meetings. The Presentations page contains an archive of presenters and their topics.

May 17, 2008
- FIRST Robotics - Local FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Teams will explain the 2008 competition and show their robots. Teams: Please bring your presentation materials on thumbdrive, CD, or DVD. Presentation equipment will be provided. Plan on a max of 5-10 minutes per team.
- BioRobotics Lab Tour - Join the SRS for a tour of the BioRobotics Lab at the UW. Lab director Prof. Blake Hannaford will show us around and explain the technologies he and his colleagues are developing and the research they are doing. The tour starts at 2PM on the UW campus near Room 455 in the Electrical Engineering building. Please meet near this location around 1:45-2PM. Parking is available on campus under "Red Square" ($11) or in the large Mountlake parking lot (cheaper). Carpooling from RTC is encouraged if practical. The HUB will be open for lunch. Here is additional information with maps and directions from UW's site.
June 21, 2008
- Motor Control [tentative] - Larry Barello will present live demos with projected oscilloscope displays of motor controllers and share what he's learned through his FIRST experiences.
July 19, 2008
- Robot Sensors - Steven Kaehler will present on robot sensors, what they are, how they work, where to get them, and talk about robot localization methods.
September 20, 2008
- Relationships with Personified Robots - Rachel Severson, psychology research assistant, will present on her group's research on children's and adolescents' social and moral relationships with personified robots.
October 18, 2008
- UW Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory - Professor Alex Mamishev, director of the Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory (S.E.A.L.) at the UW, will present at this meeting.
November 15, 2008
- Autonomous Robotic Buoys - Professor Steve Riser, UW oceanographer, will present on autonomous robotic buoys (Argo Floats) that swim the earth's oceans gathering temperature, salinity, and current flow data giving scientists a view of the global ecosystem and effects of climate change around the world.

Monday Night Chat

The Seattle Robotics Society hosts a "Monday Night Chat" each week at 7pm Pacific Time. Details are on the Contact Us page.