[Dprglist] DPRG May Monthly Meeting - Sat May 8, -1:00 PM CDT

[Doug Paradis]

Outdoor Rover Series: ExoMy– Open-Source Model from The European Space
Agency – DPRG Virtual Monthly Meeting, May 8th, 2021
Posted on May 5, 2021 <https://www.dprg.org/> by Robie_robot
<https://www.dprg.org/author/robie_robot/>

This month DPRG welcomes special guests Miro Voellmy and Max Erhardt,
members of the European Space Agency team, who will present from Germany
and Switzerland! Their presentation is on the educational mobile robot,
ExoMy. ExoMy is inspired by the Mars rover Rosalind Franklin of the
European Space Agency.

ExoMy features a triple-bogie locomotion subsystem with six steerable
wheels. All mechanical parts are 3D printed. The electronics consist of a
battery, power distribution, on board computer and camera, using parts that
are widely available and cost-efficient. The software allows teleoperation
of ExoMy using a gamepad, or a custom web interface which provides a camera
view. It is programmed in Python, within the ROS framework to make future
expansion easy and is deployed with Docker.

The project is published under an open-source license and comprehensive
assembly and installation instructions are provided. ExoMy has successfully
been built by people all around the world and is a great introduction to
space robotics for students and enthusiasts.

Learn more about ExoMy at its project web page
https://esa-prl.github.io/ExoMy/ and wiki
https://github.com/esa-prl/ExoMy/wiki

*When*

• Saturday, *May 8th*, starting at *1:00 PM* Dallas time (CDT).

*How*

• Join Hangouts Meet https://meet.google.com/hey-jxuo-esf
• Or join by phone ‪+1 405-586-5598‬ ‬ PIN: ‪682 931 335 #‬

*About DPRG Monthly Meetings*
DPRG hosts interesting presentations each month during its regular
membership meeting. These meetings and presentations are open to public and
free to attend. We hope to see you online. Everyone is welcome to attend.

*Note:* we do record a video of these sessions and post them on the DPRG
YouTube channel. By joining the meeting you’re giving consent to be
included in the recording.

*About DPRG*
Dallas Personal Robotics Group has been actively building robots for fun
since 1984. We meet every Tuesday evening and every 2nd Saturday, and
frequently participate in community events.
In normal times we meet at the Dallas MakerSpace. During the Covid-19
pandemic, we have met virtually using Google meet.  Our virtual meetings
have attendees from multiple countries and locations in the USA. We always
welcome guests of all ages and skill levels!
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