Comments on: bigbot http://ausrobotics.com/2008/06/bigbot/ Because someone has to build our future robot overlords! Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:24:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ash http://ausrobotics.com/2008/06/bigbot/comment-page-1/#comment-3528 ash Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-3528 <p> Hey Kym :) </p> <p> Are they actually disappearing or not appearing in the first place? </p> <p> They used to not get pushed to the front page automatically (not sure if that was what was causing the issue) but now they should show up straight away. </p> <p> I couldn't see anything in the spam cache when I last checked but who knows that the hell is going on in the depths of Drupal's codebase :) </p> <p>   </p> <p>   </p> Hey Kym :)

Are they actually disappearing or not appearing in the first place?

They used to not get pushed to the front page automatically (not sure if that was what was causing the issue) but now they should show up straight away.

I couldn’t see anything in the spam cache when I last checked but who knows that the hell is going on in the depths of Drupal’s codebase :)

 

 

]]> By: ash http://ausrobotics.com/2008/06/bigbot/comment-page-1/#comment-3529 ash Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-3529 Also, cool pic! :) Is that a 360deg camera lens on there?<br /> Also, cool pic! :) Is that a 360deg camera lens on there?

]]> By: kym http://ausrobotics.com/2008/06/bigbot/comment-page-1/#comment-3613 kym Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-3613 I wasn't too fussed about things not appearing on the front page. I trust the editorial controls. :) No, the articles get typed in and momentarily appear on the "recent blog posts". At one point there was a message left after the "publish" button saying the "moderator" would OK them later. In the last couple of weeks an article or 2 has appeared and hung around for a day or so, and then disappeared. I've turned off any of my automatic akismet editing, not that it probably has anything to do with it since it says "comment moderation". Anyway, the latest blog post has survived a few days, so I guess whatever may have been wrong is fixed. Maybe some of those hackers managed to delete things in revenge for akismet? I dunno. I wasn’t too fussed about things not appearing on the front page. I trust the editorial controls. :)

No, the articles get typed in and momentarily appear on the “recent blog posts”. At one point there was a message left after the “publish” button saying the “moderator” would OK them later.

In the last couple of weeks an article or 2 has appeared and hung around for a day or so, and then disappeared.

I’ve turned off any of my automatic akismet editing, not that it probably has anything to do with it since it says “comment moderation”.

Anyway, the latest blog post has survived a few days, so I guess whatever may have been wrong is fixed.

Maybe some of those hackers managed to delete things in revenge for akismet?

I dunno.

]]> By: kymhorsell http://ausrobotics.com/2008/06/bigbot/comment-page-1/#comment-3658 kymhorsell Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-3658 <p> It's an el-cheapo low-res 3d laser scanner.  </p> <p> I've seen good ones (i.e. suitable for localisation rather than reverse-engineering some tiny nuts and bolts) for $5000 usd, but this one costs around $500 usd new and I picked one up for $300 usd. </p> <p> You can home-brew  a pretty good one with an avr8, a servo, a cheap webcam and a laser pointer. </p> <p> See: </p> <p> <a href="http://www.muellerr.ch/engineering/laserscanner/">http://www.muellerr.ch/engineering/laserscanner/</a> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.simple3d.com/">http://www.simple3d.com/</a> </p> It’s an el-cheapo low-res 3d laser scanner. 

I’ve seen good ones (i.e. suitable for localisation rather than reverse-engineering some tiny nuts and bolts) for $5000 usd, but this one costs around $500 usd new and I picked one up for $300 usd.

You can home-brew  a pretty good one with an avr8, a servo, a cheap webcam and a laser pointer.

See:

http://www.muellerr.ch/engineering/laserscanner/

http://www.simple3d.com/

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