Workshop
Robot Garden is a community workshop providing community, equipment and training so that people can learn and engage in and collaborate on technology projects. Our workshop is located at the Livermore Airport (700 Terminal Circle, Livermore, CA 94551) and is available for entrepreneurs, hobbyists, and families.
SAFETY AND CONDUCT
Robot Garden is a community workshop run by volunteers for the benefit of its members and the greater community. At Robot Garden, participants can learn new skills and access amazingly powerful but also potentially dangerous tools. For everyone’s safety and to ensure resources remain available for everyone all members and participants in Robot Garden activities must abide by this safety and conduct guide.
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CONDUCT
Our number one rule is simply this: be excellent to each other.
More specifically:
You are responsible for your own safety and not endangering others through action or inaction.
We are a creative environment with lots of activity and people of diverse backgrounds, be respectful and considerate.
Respect the property and privacy of others.
Only use equipment that you have been trained on and if something seems wrong or you don’t know how to do something, ask.
Clean up after yourself. Robot Garden is a community resource, leave it a little better than you found it.
SAFETY
There is constant activity and many potentially dangerous tools in use at Robot Garden. Some of them you will use yourself, others will be operated in your presence. You are responsible for your own safety and for ensuring that those you bring with you act safely as well.
Do not attempt to operate the equipment you are unfamiliar with
Do not enter any area you are unsure of the safety requirements for
Always wear appropriate personal protective equipment, e.g. closed-toed shoes, safety glasses etc.
While Robot Garden strives to be a user-friendly environment, Robot Garden programs are intended for adults due to the powerful tools available and other hazards at the airport.
PROGRAMS
In addition to opportunities for ambient learning, we offer more formal classes from proper equipment usage to engineering skills to Special Interest Group (SIG) meetups.
⇓ Special Interest Groups – SIG’s
Special Interest Groups )SIG’s) are a way to meet people with common interests, get advice, show off projects and learn together. Many of our classes are focused on topics related to our SIG’s. Some of our current and past SIG’s include.
Navigational Robotics & RoboGames (@Marco)
First Robotics Competition (FRC) Teams 6059 & 9125 (@Tom)
Part 107 Drone Pilot SIG (@berryjam)
Meta Oculus VR SIG (@berryjam)
Aviation Startup Accelerator (@berryjam)
3D-Printers (@berryjam)
Laser Cutter (@berryjam)
CNC Milling (wood, metal & plastic) (@Arlin & @ Simon)
CAD/CAM Modeling Software (Fusion360, FreeCAD, etc) (berryjam)
Checkout our meetup page to see when Special Interest Group meetings are scheduled.
⇓ Projects
Some Special Interest Groups have developed into group projects.
Fix-It-Clinics (@tom)
Robot Garden github page for open source projects
⇓ Skills Classes
From time to time, we invite instructors to give more formal classes on particular topics such as Arduino, Robotics, or 3D Computer-Aided Design. Please check our meetup page to see what is currently scheduled or sign up for our mailing list to be notified when new classes are available.