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README.md

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Welcome to NodeBots New Zealand. Here you will find all the things you need to get up and running at a NodeBots New Zealand Event.
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If you're here for the NodeBots event for nz.js(con), then head on over [here](events/nodebots-nz-js-con-2017.md).
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For general help on getting started, checkout our [setup guide](setup.md) and [getting started guide](guides/getting-started.md#getting-started). These two guides should cover everything you need for a NodeBots day.
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[Join the chat at http://slack.javascript.org.nz](http://slack.javascript.org.nz)

events/nodebots-nz-js-con-2017.md

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# nz.js(con).nodebots
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Haere mai, and welcome to the nz.js(con).nodebots workshop.
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Thanks to our awesome sponsors at Xero, who you should checkout if you're looking for JavaScript jobs, we have 12 Parrot mini-drones to hack on.
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So today we'll be working with drones 🤖!
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For the first part of the workshop, you'll be connecting to the drones, using node and JavaScript.
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Once you're up and running it's up to you how you control them. Through controllers, phones, pebble watches, leap motions... the sky is the limit.
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Thirty minutes before the end of the event, we'll be hosting a drone racing knockout elimination tournament, where you'll be racing your drone around a course, in groups of 4 to find the ultimate node drone racing champion.
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There will be prizes for the winners, with spot prizes in the mix, and no doubt drone crashes worthy of tweeting about.
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If you're not in to drones, or we've run out of drones to offer, we'll also be running our classic sumo-bot tournament, where you can build a two wheeled sumo-bot, and battle it in a sumo-fighting tournament.
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## Gear up
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There are only 12 drones, so we'll be working in groups to get the job done, so form a group or grab a buddy, then be sure to pick up your drone from the nodebots depot, likely located on the table where everyone is scrambling too.
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Once you have your drone, and a few backup batteries, you'll want to make sure you have a lego mini-figure your team relates to, then you're ready to start hacking.
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Alternatively, if we're out of drones, then pickup a sparkfun inventors kit and a sumo-bot chassis and head on over to: [link here] for details on how to build it.
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## Getting friendly with your Drone

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