Boston Robot Hackers is a community-driven organization dedicated to fostering innovation, learning, and collaboration in the field of robotics. We bring together enthusiasts, professionals, students, and makers who share a passion for building intelligent machines and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with robotics. (Request an invite to join us!)
Next Main Meeting: 03/05/2026 at 7:00pm | Next Hands-On Meeting: 03/12/2026 at 6:00pm
What's New
Meeting announcement for March 5: Tom Ryder on current trends in Robotics
We are fortunate to have Tom Ryden, Executive Director of Mass Robotics as our speaker this month. Tom will discuss current trends in Robotics Startups and the industry in general
posted on: January 31, 2026
Meeting announcement for April 2: Kalman Filters
Chris Lai leads the Beaver Works Summer Program at MIT. Chris will discuss the motivation behind the Kalman Filter, and describe why (and most importantly) how it is used.
posted on: January 30, 2026
Meeting announcement for January 8 - URDF and Vibe Coding
Monthly Meeting Announcement January 8 at A2
posted on: December 15, 2025
Meeting notes from December main meeting
Thoughts about our December meeting
posted on: December 13, 2025
Meeting Announcement for December 11 at 7:00pm
Featured Talk: Joel Grimm and Christopher Lai will introduce us to the Autonomous RACECAR at MIT's Beaver Works Summer Institute
posted on: December 11, 2025
Introducing Hands-On Meetings!
Hands-on meetings are coming, starting on Oct 23. The usual place and time. Some of us will bring some partial robots or other widgets from our workshops and if you acquire a robot or robot kit before and want help building it or debugging it, bring it along. It will be a two hour meeting, without an agenda!
posted on: September 24, 2025
Upcoming Meetings
All meetings at Artisans Asylum, 96 Holton Street, Allston
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05 Mar
2026
7:00pm
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Main Meeting
March Monthly meeting with Tom Ryden, Executive Director of Mass Robotics. Tom will discuss current trends in Robotics Startups and the industry in general
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12 Mar
2026
6:00pm
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Hands-On Meeting
These meetings have no agenda or speaker. Just hacking together. Beginners welcome!
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02 Apr
2026
7:00pm
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Main Meeting
Featuring Chris Lai Presentation on Kalman Filters. Chris will discuss the motivation behind the Kalman Filter, and describe why (and most importantly) how it is used.
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09 Apr
2026
6:00pm
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Hands-On Meeting
These meetings have no agenda or speaker. Just hacking together. Beginners welcome!
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07 May
2026
7:00pm
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Main Meeting
Featuring Adam Ring
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14 May
2026
6:00pm
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Hands-On Meeting
These meetings have no agenda or speaker. Just hacking together. Beginners welcome!
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11 Jun
2026
7:00pm
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Main Meeting
Featuring Alan Killian's talk on Motor Selection for Robots
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18 Jun
2026
6:00pm
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Hands-On Meeting
These meetings have no agenda or speaker. Just hacking together. Beginners welcome!
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09 Jul
2026
7:00pm
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Main Meeting
TBD
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🛠️ Projects (see all)
Current community initiatives
Access Ability Arm
Status: initial testing
iRobot Create-II
An iRobot Create-II (Roomba 960) controlled by a Raspberry PI and a Sick LASER scanner. Built with ROS2.
Status: initial testing
Dome ROBOT
A small simple differential drive robot built from scratch with no external help. Built with ROS2 and Linorobot2
Status: initial testing
ROYGBIV bot
Based on the Turtlebot2i, with custom 3d printed rainbow colored plates, 2 cameras, and a gripper.
Status: Needs update to ROS2
Trippy
A holonomic robot based on the Killough platform used for my Mechatronics BS degree from the U of Minnesota.
Status: Retired
