24th Annual HBRC Challenge Phase I

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Mar 3, 2026, 9:39:30 PMMar 3
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When: Wed, March 25th at 7PM West Coast Time

    It's March! And you know what that means... it's "Challenge" month! Yep, that's right. YOU have a presentation to give. So, take your robot off the shelf, dust it off, charge it up, finish it, fix it, or improve it. If you're not currently building, start something! We are a builder's club. Our stock in trade is functioning robots. This is our first all Show-and-Tell meeting of the year (we have three: March, June, and September). So, don't be a spectator; build something!

    TABLEBot Challenge, FLOORBot Challenge, AI Challenge, A-Mazing LineBot Challenge, RobotArm Challenge, RoboMagellan Trials and Run-What-You-Brung!

TableBot Challenge


HBRC Challenges

TABLEBot Challenge:
Phase I: Build a robot that goes from one end of the table to the other.
Phase II: Have the robot push a block off the edge of the table.
Phase III: Have the robot push the block into a shoebox mounted at the end of the table.

FLOORBot Challenge:
Phase I: Have the robot go from one end of the room to the other and back.
Phase II: Have the robot find an object in the room.
Phase III: Have the robot fetch the object.

AI Challenge:
Phase I:  Have the robot verbally chat. 
Phase II:  Ask the robot to identify an object in the room visually.
Phase III:  Have the robot manipulate the object.

A-Mazing LineBot Challenge:
Phase I:  Autonomously find a way through the maze by following a black line on white floor tiles
Phase II: After finding a way through the maze the LineBot must do it again with no wrong turns
Phase III:  Be able to do a maze with loop(s) and get out of the loops. Avoid loops on following runs.

RobotArm Challenge
Phase I:  Build a robotic arm that moves or waves
Phase II: Pick up an object in a known location and move it to another location
Phase III: Pick up an object from an unknown location and place it in a container or known endpoint location

Run-what-ya-brung!
For everyone else... if your robot doesn't not fit into any of the above categories... bring it anyway! We love robots of all shapes, sizes, and varieties.

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Camp

camp .

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Mar 9, 2026, 1:37:41 AMMar 9
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When: Wed, March 25th (last Wednesday of the month) at 7pm Pacific Time

    It's "Challenge" month! Yep, that's right. YOU have a presentation to give. So, get your robot off the shelf, dust it off, charge it up, finish it, fix it, or improve it. If you're not currently building, start something! We are a builder's club. Our stock in trade is functioning robots. This is our first all Show-and-Tell meeting of the year (we have three: March, June, and September). So, don't be a spectator; build something!

    TABLEBot Challenge, FLOORBot Challenge, AI Challenge, A-Mazing LineBot Challenge, RobotArm Challenge, RoboMagellan Trials, and Run-What-You-Brung!

HBRC Challenges

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Thanks,
Camp

Nola Donato

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Mar 23, 2026, 12:56:26 PM (12 days ago) Mar 23
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I am a volunteer for Cupertino TV productions. We produce shows about local non profits and community events which are shown on KMVT and YouTube. We are currently working on a show about robotics.

Would it be OK if we filmed the robot challenge this Wednesday? It would just be me and my colleague Elaine with phone cameras, nothing fancy. We would also like to interview some of the members of HBRC if they are interested in participating.

Thanks,

Nola

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Mar 23, 2026, 1:02:03 PM (12 days ago) Mar 23
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Shouldn't be a problem. We meet at 7pm at Maker Nexus but most of the demos will probably be online over Zoom. We'll get the video uploaded to YouTube quickly so if you can use that too.

Thanks!

Thomas Messerschmidt

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Mar 23, 2026, 8:47:40 PM (12 days ago) Mar 23
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I should have my ROS 2 serial package  ready to demo. I finally got it working today! Even the ultrasonic sensor! 


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On Mar 23, 2026, at 10:07 AM, camp . <ca...@camppeavy.com> wrote:

Shouldn't be a problem. We meet at 7pm at Maker Nexus but most of the demos will probably be online over Zoom. We'll get the video uploaded to YouTube quickly so if you can use that too.

Thomas Messerschmidt

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Mar 23, 2026, 9:55:27 PM (12 days ago) Mar 23
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I have a third presentation to give: my Ross 2 (local) AI chatbot



Thomas Messerschmidt

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Need something prototyped, built or coded? I’ve been building prototypes for companies for 15 years. I am now incorporating generative AI into products.

Contact me directly or through LinkedIn:   




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Mar 23, 2026, 11:37:52 PM (11 days ago) Mar 23
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Who else wants to do a 5 minute demo? Reply to this email. Heavy on the Show, light on the tell. Even if it's not finished. Show us what you're working on. We do this again in June and September (Phase II and III).

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Mar 23, 2026, 11:40:13 PM (11 days ago) Mar 23
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When: Wed, March 25th (day after tomorrow) at 7pm Pacific Time

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