NodeBots of London: Assemble!

NodeBots of London is a semi regular meetup to hack on hardware using JavaScript. We'll build robots, fly node copters and perhaps inadvertently kickstart the robot apocalypse.

What should I bring?

A laptop, some hardware to hack on. If you've never done this before, one of the below kits would be about right.

oomlout: Starter Kit for Ardunio (http://oomlout.co.uk/collections/arduino/products/arduino-starter-kit-ardx)

SparkFun Inventor's Kit for Arduino (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sparkfun+inventors+kit&tbm=shop)

and if you want a leg up for making a sumo bot:

Hobbytronics: Zumo Robot Kit (http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/robotics/robot-kits/zumo-robot-kit)

Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, Beaglebones, Espruinos, LEDs, servos, lasers all welcome.

We'll be using @rwaldron (https://twitter.com/rwaldron)'s johnny-five (https://github.com/rwaldron/johnny-five) library, so if you want to hit the ground running, make sure you've installed the latest version of node (http://nodejs.org/), git (http://git-scm.com/) and johnny-five (https://github.com/rwaldron/johnny-five).

Send smoke signals to @NodeBotsUK (https://twitter.com/NodeBotsUK) if you drop your soldering iron in the meantime or get lost on the way.

Everyone is welcome. Some JS or Arduino experience helps, but humans will be available on the day to get you contributing to the robot uprising, or just the curious abuse of everyday appliances with electricity.

Behold http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF4E6XLCDbDKybW5vQIDG0Q