“Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.”  – Oprah Winfrey – – Actress-Entrepreneur-Talk Show Host-Media Executive-Philanthropist

 

“You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.” – Andrew Murphy – Olympic Athlete

 

“When we witness great acts of kindness or courage, it inspires us and elevates us to also want to be a kinder and braver ourselves.” – Lea Waters – Researcher-Psychologist-Author-Speaker

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes provided by the unorthodox and unconventional Paul Conforti)

Urbana Club guest Ray Elliot visited.

July Bucket Money will go to Daily Bread Soup Kitchen.

The following people will be participating in a volunteer event for Books 2 Prisoners on Sat. Aug. 7th from 10:00a.m.-noon: Phyllis, Michelle, Mary Kay, Charlie, Ata, Ed Perry, Ed Bridges, Robb, Ray Elliott, Larry.

No meeting next Thursday July 29.

Our next club social will be on Thursday July 29, 5:30pm at Lodgic (in our regular meeting rooms). Hors d’oeuvres will be served – beer, wine and other drinks will be available at the cash bar.

 

PROGRAM

Our speaker for the morning was Professor Geir E. Dullerud.  Dr. Dullerud is the W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at UIUC.

Professor Dullerud’s presentation focused on the University’s Center for Autonomy which performs a lot of its robotics testing at the new Intelligent Roboics Lab (IRL) facility in the Research Park next to the I-Hotel & Conference Center.

From self-driving cars to intelligent robotic assistants to remote surgical systems, autonomous technology will revolutionize the way we live, work, and play. To enable this revolution advancements in research and workforce development must take place to provide certified-safe performance.

The Century for Autonomy’s Mission Statement is: A major technological and societal revolution is underway in which the physical systems of the future will be autonomous and able to provide functionality without human intervention. A successful phased transition to such systems that is welcomed and trusted by humanity and society will require new research from all dimensions of technology, the social sciences, business, and law. The goal of this Center is to provide a systematic pursuit of these research developments on a Campus-wide scale.

Professor Dullerud spent the second half of his presentation on the Center for Autonomy’s work with the US Naval Academy. Using a programming language called MATLAB systems are being developed and tested in which robotic harbor Navy patrol ships can monitor and intercept intruder units using mathematics and probability computing.

The IRL facility allows researchers a large space to test mobile robotics. Projects are focused on robotic autonomy, control, and artificial intelligence.

 

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  July 29th Aug 5th Aug 12th Aug 19th
Introductions No  Joe Rank Bob La Charite Phyllis Mischo
Reflection morning Jerry Payonk Allan Penwell Ed Perry
Greeters meeting. Joe Rank Bob La Charite Phyllis Mischo
Social at Tod Satterthwaite Jarrod Scheunemann Jen Shelby
Song Leader 5:30pm at Lodgic.    
Notetaker Perry Hodson Conforti Perry
Decker Weeding Johnson Perry Perry Shelby

 

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

 

July 29th – No AM meeting – Club Social at 5:30PM at Lodgic

August 5th – District Governor Heather Stoa

August 12th – Mark Hanson, Curator for the Museum of the Grand Prairie, CCFPD will discuss the upcoming year, post-pandemic (Charlie)

August 19th – Normal Rotarian Drake Zimmerman, co-founder and chair of the Rotary Action Group Against Malaria, will speak about Global Grants of Scale (Mary)

August 26th – Gabe Lewis, Champaign County Regional Planning Commission (Ondine)

September 2nd – Club Assembly

September 9th – TBD (Tom)

September 16th – TBD (Bob)

September 23rd – TBD (Cary)

September 30th – Club Social

October 7th – Club Assembly

October 14th – TBD