Winter Programme Schedule

Year 2027 - Month	January	February	March	April	May	Jun
Group Session Dates	7 21	4 18	4 18	1 15 29	13 27
Year 2026 - Month	July	August	September	October	November	December
Group Session Dates				1 5 29	12 26	10

This group investigates the various sciences (Computing, control engineering, mechanics etc..) involved in remote controlled devices such as robots, network devices and the Internet of Things (IOT).

For 2020/7 Further investigations are beginning to be conducted on the use of IOT with home networks for carrying out household tasks etc..

The first investigation will be to create a device to sense activity in a defined space and notify s state to a remote logging facility.

If you enjoy solving problems, constructing mechanical assemblies and using very simple programming languages to make controlled 'movement' commands on the assemblies then this group is the group for you.

One investigation involved the construction of a platform from a commercial robotics kit that will permit sensors, motors and computing elements to be added and interlinked such that the platform can remotely carry out tasks without human intervention.

Alan Russell
1st Oct. 2026

Links to Background pages

IOT Planning for 2026-2027 (initial thoughts and plans Oct 26)

Plan for Robot project (draft July 2025)

Software links and notes (28th July 2025)

Networking Notes and videos (17th Oct 24)

Turning radius vs speed of tracks (21st Jan 2025)