The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting:
Monday March 21, 2016 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Presentation: Adrian, a Linux-based 'FIRST Robotics Competition' Robot presented by Wesley Aptekar-Cassels, Citrus Circuits (FRC Team 1678)
Hear about how the open source Linux operating system is used by Citrus Circuits (FIRST robotics team 1678), both on and off the robot. This talk will cover the both embedded Linux system that runs the robot and the software that we write to control it, as well as explaining the FIRST Robotics Competition in general.
Our guest speaker should be able to bring "Adrian", their latest robot, to this meeting for a demo!
About the Citrus Circuits: Citrus Circuits, Team 1678, http://www.citruscircuits.org/ is a FIRST Robotics Competition team http://www.firstinspires.org/ founded in 2004 at Da Vinci Charter Academy in Davis, and which has since expanded to included students from Davis Senior High School, and Holmes, Emerson, and Harper Junior High Schools. In 2015 they took home the top prize at the FIRST Robotics world championships. http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/davis-team-wins-world-robotics-championship/
Source code for the team's robots is available on GitHub https://github.com/frc1678, and more info about the team can be found on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/frc1678/ and at their YouTube account https://www.youtube.com/user/citruscircuits.
This meeting will be held at:
Yolo County Public Library, Mary L Stephens Davis Branch Blanchard Meeting Room 315 E. 14th Street Davis, CA 95616
For more details on this meeting, visit:
For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit:
http://www.lugod.org/meeting/library/
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The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source and Free Software.
Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater Sacramento region. Events are always free and open to the public.
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