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 # nodebots-interchange
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+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/ajfisher/nodebots-interchange](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/ajfisher/nodebots-interchange?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 Project related to creating hardware backpacks for your nodebot to make them more capable.
 
 Current documentation is here for the moment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j6Jce2MUSA-V-I9iO6lReZGtDWXvi9BI2Xh1RjErYek/edit?usp=sharing