Next General Meeting
Challenge Phase 1 !!
When: Wed March 25 at 7PM West Coast Time
By featured Homebrewed Roboticist: YOU !!
The Challenges are design patterns to inspire your answer to “what kind of robot should I build?”. The challenges are described in three phases to provide intermediate milestones toward building the best robot you ever made. Three months of the year, March, June, and September, the HBRC General Meeting is dedicated to participant’s demonstrating their robots ability to perform the challenges. The hope is for robots to successfully perform Phase I, II and III over the course of the three meetings. The reality is that robot building is as hard as it is fun and participants are encouraged to demonstrate whatever they can and share their stories of both hits and misses.
The challenges are meant to encourage members to BUILD ROBOTS!
General Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of each month, at 7:00 pm.
HBRC business meetings are held the week after, also at 7:00 pm.
Builders SIG meetings are held on the “penultimate Wednesday” – a week before the General Meetings.
General Meetings for 2026:
March 25 – Challenge Phase 1
April 29
May 27
June 24 – Challenge Phase 2
July 29
August 26
September 30 – Challenge Phase 3
October 28
November 18 – General Elections for 2027 (one week early due to T-day)
December (tbd) – annual junk, parts, UFO, and other stuff exchange
Our meetings are hybrid
This month’s in person session is at Maker Nexus, 1330 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA, 94089
Online @ Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/
Agenda: Regardless of the topic, all of our general meeting use the following pattern:
- Industry News
- Club News
- I Need Help
- Show and Tell
- Presentation
- Random Access
Next Builders' SIG Meeting
When: Wed March 18 at 7PM West Coast Time
The HBRC SIG (Special Interest Group) is a random access group; that is a loosely organized discussion of homebrewed robots. Bring your robot, show it off, ask questions, and generally hang out with others who enjoy robot-building as a pastime and/or profession. From beginner to expert, if you are interested in robotics, please join us.
Online @ Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/
Next HBRC Business Meeting
When: Wed April 1 at 7PM West Coast Time