Hello SRS, Some internet service providers offer antivirus protection at a small additional cost. My internet service provider (uswest.net) charges an extra ...
1970
Doug.Kelley@...
Oct 1, 2000 2:44 pm
Check with your IT department at work; they may have anti-virus software you can load on your home machine for free. Many companies do this to help prevent...
1971
Bryan E. Daniel
bedaniel@...
Oct 2, 2000 12:51 am
Hello SRS, What are the attributes of a robot as compared to a machine, or appliance? In other words, when does a machine become a robot? Both robots and...
1972
Bryan E. Daniel
bedaniel@...
Oct 2, 2000 1:16 am
Hello SRS, and Dan Miner, I like being able to click on links without having to copy and paste them into the browser window. Html allows clickable links in...
1973
Dan Miner
miner@...
Oct 2, 2000 2:04 am
Byran and SRS list, Hmmm... That's odd. This must be a function of your email reader because mine (Microsoft Outlook (not "Express")) allows me to click a...
1974
Devin Nelson
devin.nelson@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:05 am
Rocko, I've been pleased with the PC-104 product from Versalogic. Their hardware is solid and their support is first rate. I've also heard good things about...
1975
Bryan E. Daniel
bedaniel@...
Oct 2, 2000 4:34 am
Hello SRS, and Dan Miner, I use Netscape Communicator 4.5 and have my Preferences settings set to send both html and plain text. I thought that was required...
1976
Bryan E. Daniel
bedaniel@...
Oct 2, 2000 4:46 am
Hello SRS, Another thought I had about what makes up a robot was that robots must consist of certain elements. Appliances or machines lack one or more specific...
1977
Bryan E. Daniel
bedaniel@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:27 am
Hello SRS, This is how the seed is handled for planting as shown in the other link. http://www.koeller.com/seedhandling.html 24 rows of corn are planted at a...
1978
Bryan E. Daniel
bedaniel@...
Oct 2, 2000 6:09 am
http://www.personalrobotics.net/...
1979
Steve
scp2000@...
Oct 2, 2000 6:36 am
Why not consider a robot (in the common sense of the term) a mechanical device that is guided by some algorithm. If an algorithm is used (algorithm as defined...
1980
Bryan E. Daniel
bedaniel@...
Oct 2, 2000 7:42 am
No details about the robots but nice pictures- Soil Sampling robot http://www.ars.usda.gov:80/is/graphics/photos/jan00/k8723-2.jpg ...
1981
Bryan E. Daniel
bedaniel@...
Oct 2, 2000 8:46 am
Hello SRS, There are many industrial robots and robotic features, processes and robotic applications to look at here. http://www.fanucrobotics.com/ There are...
1982
warrenhb
warrenhb@...
Oct 2, 2000 9:12 am
The environment for your robot seems to be well enough defined so that your robot doesn't need to sense the location of the containers, as long as it can...
1983
SeattleRobotics@egrou...
Oct 2, 2000 2:02 pm
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Monday Night Chat Date: Monday, October 2, 2000 Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM PDT (GMT-07:00) Monday Night Chat...
1984
Brat Wizard
brat@...
Oct 2, 2000 2:08 pm
According to the definition you proposed in your posting, a phonograph player is a robot. The phonograph record provides the "algorithm", and it is...
1985
Randy Carter
rwcarter@...
Oct 2, 2000 2:38 pm
It looks like those who us Netscape exclusively were immune it this latest attack. I followed the instructions of a previous message and found no trace of it....
1986
William Cox
william@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:11 pm
I think you can find one here - http://www.gorobotics.net/robotpower.shtml -William ... From: Jerry Wenzel <wenzeljr@...> To:...
1987
William Cox
william@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:11 pm
Personally my definition of robot is "A electromechanical symbiance of perception to action, with locomotion." Sounds a bit like Mobile Robots, but I like it...
1988
bnansel@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:21 pm
... This is from an article I first wrote for the SRS Encoder many years ago. I presented it again in my Nuts & Volts Amateur Robotics Notebook column, January...
1989
Doug.Kelley@...
Oct 2, 2000 3:28 pm
Good philosophical topic. I think we tend to place too many mechanisms under the heading of robot. A microwave oven has a controller on it; you give it input...
1990
Brat Wizard
brat@...
Oct 2, 2000 4:58 pm
(I'm reposting this to the list- I hope you don't mind?) Actually my definition (refer to what I posted on the group) specifically went out of its way to...
1991
Gary Livick
glivick@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:00 pm
Does anyone speak French? I have gotten this email, and would like to respond to it. Thanks a Meg, Gary Livick Monsieur, dans le cadre d' un projet...
1992
webmaster@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:17 pm
In French: Monsieur, dans le cadre d' un projet baccalauréat, nous sommes en train de réaliser un "robot démineur" . Je suis à la recherche d'un schéma...
1993
James Munro
jimmn@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:18 pm
Yep, it appears to be a request for any information (schematic or other plans) for a object detection device for use in a "demining"; bomb-locating robot. -Jim...
1994
James Munro
jimmn@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:18 pm
Oops, also for measuring distance of objects....
1995
tony
trbrenke@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:21 pm
Babel Fish Translation http://babelfish.altavista.com/raging/translate.dyn works great!! ... In English: Dear Sir, within the framework of a baccalaureat...
1996
Gary Livick
glivick@...
Oct 2, 2000 5:41 pm
Thanks everyone. Now, what do I tell him? I would guess that he's looking for SONAR? Gary...
1997
Gary Livick
glivick@...
Oct 2, 2000 6:06 pm
Maybe we need an official "SRS" robot definition. Being the premier robotics website of the universe, literally, the SRS is in a position to set policy. Best...
1998
Bryan E. Daniel
bedaniel@...
Oct 2, 2000 6:19 pm
Hello SRS, and Gary Livick, Alexis Lussier Desbiens of Canada speaks French and may be able to help. http://homer.span.ch/~spaw2215/dmap.html Bryan E. Daniel ...
