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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How would you design a robot to tell those
interacting with it everything about robotics?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PtP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ggpipe@yahoo.com href="mailto:ggpipe@yahoo.com">Glenn Pipe</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ed@okerson.com
href="mailto:ed@okerson.com">ed@okerson.com</A> ; <A title=dprglist@dprg.org
href="mailto:dprglist@dprg.org">dprglist@dprg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 01, 2008 7:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DPRG] Spring Outdoor
Contests #1 and #2, addendum2: navigation</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif">I
have some experience in setting up a wiki. I did some research into it and
figured out that DekiWiki would best suit some basic needs:<BR><BR>- Simple to
use (no weird pseudo html knowledge needed), in other words, uses a WYSIWYG
editor<BR>- Free, Open source<BR><BR>I noticed the HBRC uses Media Wiki, which
is a pretty good wiki (Wikipedia uses it), but I found one that I think is
better which is Deki Wiki. Deki Wiki is actually derived from Media Wiki. It
uses a WYSIWYG editor, which makes it easy for everyone to use and more likely
for people to contribute. There are a couple ways to use Deki Wiki. One is to
install the software on a machine that has internet access or another way is
to use wiki.is to make a wiki page/site.<BR><BR>I think a club wiki is a great
idea.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Glenn<BR><BR>
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Original Message ----<BR>From: "ed@okerson.com" <ed@okerson.com><BR>To:
dprglist@dprg.org<BR>Sent: Friday, February 1, 2008 7:27:50 PM<BR>Subject: RE:
[DPRG] Spring Outdoor Contests #1 and #2, addendum2: navigation<BR><BR>I'll
second, or is it third, that!!!<BR><BR>I have seen many fine postings pass
through this list, as well as the<BR>other robotics mailing lists, but David's
recent posts on how it is<BR>actually done are most excellent.<BR><BR>Recently
the Home Brew Robotics Club started a wiki where they are<BR>attempting to
build up a large knowledge base on all things robotic. <BR>Perhaps we should
consider something similar, or at least contributing to<BR>theirs:<BR><BR><A
href="http://hbrobotics.org/wiki/index.php5/Main_Page"
target=_blank>http://hbrobotics.org/wiki/index.php5/Main_Page</A><BR><BR>It is
generally easier to find information in a wiki than in mailing
list<BR>archives.<BR><BR>Ed Okerson<BR><BR>> Amen to that
Robert!<BR>><BR>> Great work David. I think the amateur robotics
community as a whole gains<BR>> when people take the time to think
something through and document it.<BR>> Given the fact that it is an
amateur community we to often think we are<BR>> off<BR>> the hook in the
documentation dept and that only hurts ourselves (used in<BR>> the context
of the larger group). When I see these sorts of posts I<BR>>
smile<BR>> and know that our peers and those who come after us will benefit
greatly,<BR>> so<BR>> I offer up my humble praise to you. -Thank
You.<BR>><BR>> -Kenneth<BR>><BR>> -----Original
Message-----<BR>> From: <A href="mailto:dprglist-bounces@dprg.org"
ymailto="mailto:dprglist-bounces@dprg.org">dprglist-bounces@dprg.org</A>
[mailto:<A href="mailto:dprglist-bounces@dprg.org"
ymailto="mailto:dprglist-bounces@dprg.org">dprglist-bounces@dprg.org</A>]On<BR>>
Behalf Of Robert F. Scheer<BR>> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:48
AM<BR>> To: dprglist<BR>> Subject: Re: [DPRG] Spring Outdoor Contests #1
and #2, addendum2:<BR>> navigation<BR>><BR>><BR>> On Fri,
2008-02-01 at 09:33 -0600, David wrote:<BR>>>
Howdy,<BR>>><BR>>> I sat down to write a follow-up to the post on
the DPRG outdoor<BR>>> robot challenges #1 and #2, on the subject of
obstacle avoidance<BR>>> for challenges #3 and
#4.<BR>>><BR>><BR>> dpa,<BR>><BR>> These postings on getting
ready for the upcoming challenges are<BR>> beautifully written and greatly
appreciated.<BR>><BR>> - Robert<BR>><BR>>
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