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DESCRIPTION:Based on our IEEE mission and vision of creating in-house IEEE 
 member experts in Robotics and Automation\, Grayson&#39;s efforts had triggere
 d &quot;IEEE ENCS Humanoid Robot Project&quot;.\n\nDaniel McDonald an impressive IEE
 E member who has significantly contributed from our own impressive IEEE hu
 manoid project\, will be providing a demo and walk through of the current 
 humanoid system design detail\, his future aspirations. Our IEEE humanoid 
 project is primarily a non-profit learning platform to foster the STEM act
 ivities among the senior hobbyists as well as future generations. Daniel w
 ith other folks contribution and efforts to the project are highly appreci
 able.\n\nhttp://sites.ieee.org/encs-humanoid/\n\nThis will be followed by 
 a brief upto 15 mins Q&amp;A or relevant discussions among IEEE members\, hobb
 yists and professionals.\n\nIn fact\, this activity can also be done in mo
 re than one iteration\, on individual areas of the system design. Also thi
 s is an initiative\, where our IEEE members can add their support to Danie
 l in future.\n\nIEEE RA24 chapter strongly recommends every interested IEE
 E member to join and assist Daniel McDonald&#39;s efforts in the IEEE humanoid
  project. Currently there are weekly meetings every wednesday at Forge Hea
 dquarters at 3300 Green Level West Rd\, Cary between 6:30pm to 8:30pm (htt
 p://theforgeinitiative.org).\n\nPer IEEE RA24 current chair\, Forge initia
 tive is clearly matching his thought process and requirements for a very o
 rganized makerspace work area for IEEE member hobbyists\, seniors\, profes
 sionals and future generation kids. This is where our current IEEE humanoi
 d project is being implemented. This way we will practically kickstart our
  open-source based robotics expertise development initiative\, fostering c
 ontinuous learning and contribution on R&amp;A activities.\n\nFurther if time 
 permits\, in every future RA24 session Mahesh will briefly walkthrough int
 erface/design details on specific selective interesting or useful robotics
  and humanoid opensource resource architectures.\n\nSpeaker Information\n\
 nDaniel McDonald\, an IEEE Senior Member since 2013 and is the Artificial 
 Intelligence Team Lead for the ENCS Humanoid Robotics Project. Daniel hold
 s a Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Mathematics from Asbury University 
 and the Master of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Kentuc
 ky. He is interested in collaborating with other engineers on a challengin
 g robotics project where he can pursue solutions to the problem of how to 
 build a thinking machine.\n\nDaniel’s contributions to the KEN v1 humano
 id include the software architecture\, the design of the boot node\, imple
 mentation and enhancement of many of the other software nodes\, and the fa
 ce learning and recognition algorithm. Daniel currently leads the developm
 ent of the KEN v2 robot.\n\nIEEE ENCS RA24 chapter appreciates the passion
 \, drive and contribution from Daniel towards the project and wishes conti
 nued success and all the very best to his career &amp; life.\n\nSpeaker(s): \,
  \, \, \n\nAgenda: \n6:20-7:00pm Networking with pizza and soda\n\nThe tim
 es below are approximate and are given just as a guideline:\n\n7:00-7:15pm
  IEEE ENCS RA24 news and announcements.\n\n7:15-7:50pm Daniel McDonald wil
 l provide a casual demo and walk through of the current humanoid system de
 sign detail\, his future aspirations. Current IEEE humanoid project is a b
 aby of Daniel McDonald and few other inspiring IEEE members thought proces
 s.\n\n7:50-8:00pm Brief Q/A from IEEE member hobbyists and professionals.\
 n\n8:00-8:10pm Mahesh will briefly walkthrough about interface/design deta
 ils on specific selective interesting or useful robotics and humanoid open
 source resource architectures.\n\n8:10-9:00pm Forge Initiative Open house\
 , walkthrough of makerspace resources for school kids\, professionals and 
 seniors.\n\nBldg: Forge Initiative Presentation Room\, 3300 Green Level We
 st Rd\, Cary\, North Carolina\, United States\, 27519
LOCATION:Bldg: Forge Initiative Presentation Room\, 3300 Green Level West R
 d\, Cary\, North Carolina\, United States\, 27519
ORGANIZER:mbalasu@ncsu.edu
SEQUENCE:9
SUMMARY:IEEE ENCS Humanoid Robot Project
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/46155
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\; font-family
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 on&#39;s efforts had triggered &lt;strong&gt;&quot;IEEE ENCS Humanoid Robot Project&quot;.&lt;/st
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 EE member who has significantly contributed from our own impressive IEEE h
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 10pt\;&quot;&gt;Per IEEE RA24 current chair\, Forge initiative is clearly&amp;nbsp\;ma
 tching his thought process and requirements for a very organized makerspac
 e work area for IEEE member hobbyists\, seniors\, professionals and future
  generation kids. &amp;nbsp\;This is where our current IEEE humanoid project i
 s being implemented. &amp;nbsp\;This way we will practically kickstart our ope
 n-source based robotics expertise development initiative\, fostering conti
 nuous learning and contribution on R&amp;amp\;A activities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span
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 m Asbury University and the Master of Arts degree in Mathematics from the&amp;
 nbsp\;University of Kentucky. He is interested in collaborating with other
  engineers on a challenging&amp;nbsp\;robotics project where he can pursue sol
 utions to the problem of how to build a thinking&amp;nbsp\;machine.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/
 span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetic
 a\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daniel&amp;rsquo\;s contributions to the KEN v1 huma
 noid include the software architecture\, the design of the boot node\, imp
 lementation and enhancement of many of the other software nodes\, and the 
 face learning and recognition algorithm. &amp;nbsp\;Daniel currently leads the
  development of the KEN v2 robot.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fon
 t-size: 10pt\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IEEE
  ENCS RA24 chapter appreciates the passion\, drive and contribution from D
 aniel towards the project and wishes continued success and all the very be
 st to his career &amp;amp\; life.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /
 &gt;&lt;p&gt;6:20-7:00pm Networking with pizza and soda&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The times below are
  approximate and are given just as a guideline:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;7:00-7:15pm IEEE E
 NCS RA24 news and announcements.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;7:15-7:50pm &amp;nbsp\;Daniel McDonal
 d will provide a casual demo and walk through of the current humanoid syst
 em design detail\, his future aspirations. &amp;nbsp\;Current IEEE humanoid pr
 oject is a baby of Daniel McDonald and few other inspiring IEEE members th
 ought process.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;7:50-8:00pm Brief Q/A
  from IEEE member hobbyists and professionals.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;8:00-8:10pm&amp;nbsp\;M
 ahesh will briefly&amp;nbsp\;walkthrough about&amp;nbsp\;interface/design details 
 on specific&amp;nbsp\;selective&amp;nbsp\;interesting or useful&amp;nbsp\;robotics and
  humanoid opensource resource architectures.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;8:10-9:00pm Forge Ini
 tiative Open house\, walkthrough of makerspace resources for school kids\,
  professionals and seniors.&lt;/p&gt;
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