April 2026 (#80) – Talk to the Hand ✋: Voice-Controlled Robotic Hand

Tēnā Koutou AWS Wellington Community,

Welcome back to the AWS User Group Wellington Meetup Series.

Join us for April meetup-up featuring : "Talk to the Hand ✋: Voice-Controlled Robotic Hand"

🎤 Speaker: Chiwai Chan(LinkedIn)

In this session, Chiwai will demo and talk about the architecture on a solution to control a Robotics Hand to perform fingerspelling of American sign language using Voice, built using Amazon Nova 2 Sonic, Nova 2 Lite, Strands Agents, IoT Core, Amplify and Nvidia Jetson Nano/Thor.

A special thank you to Deloitte for providing the venue for this event.

The Deloitte Wellington Office is confirmed as our venue for this meetup.

Venue details:
Deloitte Harbour Rooms
Address is: Level 12 Deloitte Building,20 Customhouse Quay, Wellington 6011

Special Note About the Venue Access: Take lifts from the ground floor to Level 12 Deloitte Reception area.

Agenda:
4:30 PM - Doors Open, Networking
5:00 PM - Talk starts
6:00 PM - Wrap Up, Networking, Fun, Pizza

Sponsors:

A special thanks to our sponsors - AWS, Datacom, Deloitte, Mantel group, MongoDB and CyberCX for their generous financial contributions, which play a vital role in supporting the monthly expenses of AWS User Groups across Aotearoa (including Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland and Northland).

Our sponsors are the lifeblood of our community events, and without their support, none of this would be possible. Ngā mihi maioha!
We look forward to seeing you at the meetup! Mā te wa.

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