24th Annual HBRC Challenge Phase I Decompression

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    I want to thank everyone who came out, and especially those who participated. We had 20 people in person at Maker Nexus and 20 folks online via Zoom. We had 12 participants with 16 robots! We do this again in June and September, so let's keep building those HomeBrewed Robots!

24th Annual HBRC Challenge Phase I (March 25, 2026)

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Ralph Campbell: Telepresence robot, VR Googles (I added a picture of Creepy Head from a few years ago).

Camp Peavy: Buggy III, TableBOT, Phase III.

James Phenlan: Stormy, FloorBOT, Phase I.

Jim Dinunzio: Big Orange, AI Challenge, Phases I, II, and III. FloorBOT Phase III.

Al Margolis: MockBOT, Run-What-Ya-Brung!, Phase I.

Camp Peavy: Smarty3, FloorBOT, Phase I.

Thomas Messerschmidt: Simone, humanoid robot. ROS to Arduino package.

Marco Walther: LeKiwi, Run-What-Ya-Brung!, Work-in-Progress.

Steven Nelson: Pete and Tony, Run-What-Ya-Brung! Phase I. Adding a mobile base for Phases II and III.

Nathan Lewis: Build a ROS 2 Robot, Work-in-Progress. https://www.youtube.com/live/lfQJKgnCqMU?si=dhcM7ziTWZXgEQQ9 

Camp Peavy: Google, Run-What-Ya-Brung!, Bump-and-Go.

Camp Peavy: Rodney, Run-What-Ya-Brung!, Machine Intelligence.

Anthony Andrade: Bipedal Walker, Run-What-Ya-Brung! Work-in-Progress.

Sergei Grichine: Stereo and Infrared Camera (depth perception). Run-What-Ya-Brung! Phase I.

Mike Wimble: Sigyn, "fetch me a beer," FloorBOT Challenge, Phase III.

    Again, thanks to everyone who participated, and I'm looking forward to June 24 (Phase II).

Thanks,

Camp