DevNights Robotics

Today, over one million household robots, and a further 1.1 million industrial robots, are operating worldwide. Robots are used to perform tasks that require great levels of precision or are simply repetitive and boring. Many also do jobs that are hazardous to people, such as exploring shipwrecks, helping out after disasters, studying other planets and defusing bombs or mines.

Robots are increasingly marching into our lives. In the future, robots will act as carers, medics, bionic enhancements, companions, entertainers, security guards, traffic police and even soldiers.

Dubai DevNights Meetup is a community for both software developers and tech entrepreneurs in Dubai. It was founded to bridge the gap between the developers and startups and to keep them up with technology and software development industry. This time, we have speakers from the heart of the industry of robot development.

1. UnderWater Robot

Ray Hightower

OpenROV is an underwater robot running Linux and Node.js. While larger Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) cost millions of dollars, the makers of OpenROV want to make underwater exploration more accessible; their unit costs less than a laptop. You may recall that a similar technology pattern played out in the shift from multi-million dollar mainframes to inexpensive PCs.

This talk will describe the internal workings of OpenROV, possible uses, and potential future. The Internet of Things (IoT) is happening now.

Details:

http://rayhightower.com/blog/2014/06/16/citizen-science-with-openrov/

2. How to build a robot from junk?

Rajeev MSN

Junkbot is a Do It Yourself hardware kit which help people make real life working robots from unwanted junk. Using everyday items like water bottles, Coffee cups, old CDs and cardboard, Junkbot gives young people the blueprint to create their very own robot, with varying degrees of difficulty. Junkbot helps children to learn the core STEM concepts of analytical thinking, problem solving, prototyping, lateral thinking and building – without ever compromising on the uniquely fun experience of what is essentially allowing a child to build and program a robot to their own design.