I want to build an autonomous mobile robot with wheels or tracks, vision, arms and carrying ability (for example a tray area) that can navigate in a flat inside or outside domestic environment (not both).
I am UK based, have some old OO programming experience and general PC -based programming experience but no electronics expertise apart from basic school physics .
I work full-time so this would very much be a part-time project. From looking around I'm thinking of perhaps using ROS, OpenCV and maybe Arduino components but would like to know
if there are any UK Hobbyist clubs for robot building so that I could get some ideas and also find out what supplies are available from within the UK.