My parents, wife and a few others had been pushing me recently to start looking for possible collaborators in developing Porterbot; especially considering my lack of expertise into the electrical and mechanical aspects of robotics development. I'm not sure if it's fate, total random chance, or God nudging me along, but as it so happens there was a Robotics Meetup group started in DC in late November. I had randomly landed on their website and had signed up, but couldn't get to any of their meetings until this January when I managed to go to a Robotics Hardware Primer workshop held by them in Adams Morgan.
It was very interesting; I picked up a lot of useful information about 3D printers and stepper motors. Also some good tips about reducing costs in ordering robot parts. I'm not sure if I'll meet anyone who is particularly interested in what I'm working on, but I do recommend the group to any aspiring roboticists in the Washington DC metro region.
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