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homework tag on robotics.se
I just learned that the homework tag has been deprecated in stackoverflow.com (duh, where have I been?).
I thought this would be a good time to discuss this tag on robotics.se also.
The reasons for ...
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Future book trends: a decline in off-topic tags
We carried the future, books and the trends tag out of the private beta. I believe we should eradicate them quickly before they grab hold, as they seem to be vehicles for list questions. Currently, I ...
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Should remotely operated vehicles be on topic on Robotics?
The recent meta discussion about the auv, uav, ugv and (possible) drone tag taxonomy, and my subsequent suggested tag wiki edits (still pending as I write this) got me thinking about whether we should ...
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Should posts asking multiple questions be split up?
A couple of questions have been asked recently (including one of mine it turns out) which are really asking multiple questions. For example:
How can one determine whether a LiPo battery is going bad?
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Why does retagging take 200 reputation when I can edit the entire post with only 100?
Today I crossed the 200-reputation threshold, and received a notification that I'm now allowed to re-tag posts. This is confusing, because I had edited 6 or 7 questions before today and was able to ...
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Do we want Hats?
Since Robotics.SE doesn't have any mods yet, I'm posting to you all directly.
What are these hats you speak of?
Last year around Christmas time arQAde had an awesome promotion in which they awarded ...
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Should we add drone as a tag synonym for uav?
Earlier I added a tag wiki for uav and realised that it would probably be a good idea to add a tag synonym for drone, which is the other common term for a uav.
Is it better to suggest and add tag ...
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"Current state" questions
We are starting to get a few questions a la "What is the current state of ...".
What is the current state of the Google Self Driving Car Project?
What is the state of subsumption architecture ...
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Uh oh. We have a [beginner] tag!
I noticed that we have the beginner tag. Does anyone have any objections to it being edited out?
The beginner tag is currently discouraged across all sites, please see this blog post for the reason.
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Who should our beta moderators be? [closed]
Robotics StackExchange has been in public beta for a week now, and soon it will be time for us to get our first crop of moderators, as explained in the “Moderator Pro Tempore” blog post:
About a ...
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Is this robotics?
Take a look at https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/364/building-an-alarm-clock. If we put aside the fact that it's broad, not clearly stated, and not really a question, is it still suitable ...
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Can we begin accepting answers?
I know some of us have been holding out on accepting answers to our questions to allow the site to grow and encourage people to contribute. But, now the site is going into public beta, so should we ...
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Private Beta Extension
Congrats on making it a week in private beta. Your progress has been great, and we're happy with the general direction of the site so far. We're extending your private beta by a week to to give you a ...
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Achieving good scores
I've been keeping an eye on our scores on the proposal page, and noticed that we're lagging behind a little in all of them.
What we need to do
We need more questions to be asked, and more answers ...
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Names for a chatroom?
Our chatroom is currently called Robotics. It's not really necessary, but it's be quite nice to have a more fun name. For example, Programmers has "The Whiteboard", Chemistry has "The Periodic Table", ...
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Should I ask questions I already know the answer to in order to shape the site?
One objective of the beta is to outline the scope of the site by asking and answering questions during the beta. As such, should I ask example questions, similar to the way we asked them during the ...
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Tag: ultrasound vs sonar
There's one question so far tagged ultrasonic. I am far more used to those sensors being referred to as sonars. I'm wondering if my perception is the most common or if people do use ultrasonic/...
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Promoting Robotics Stack Exchange
This is pretty much to contribute to the 7 Essential Meta Q's.
I committed to this SE when it was in Area 51 solely because I am on a team competing in the FIRST Robotics competition, and because ...
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Should I ask about free software repos here
I would be very interested to ask for a list of repos of free open code, applicable to 8-bit avr-s and having relation to robotics - object avoidance, process controllers, battery management. This ...
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Should I ask specific ROS questions here instead of answers.ros.org? (same applies for other libraries)
Should I use this site to discuss questions that are really specific to ROS or should I keep using answers.ros.org? This same question can be asked for any other libraries / framework I'm using: ...
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Why isn't my rep updating?
So far I've posted another question and an answer, someone accepted me answer and I've had up-votes. How come my rep isn't updating here?
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resources for learning robotics
Since no doubt many people will be eager to get into robotics, this will be a repository for useful textbooks, articles, toolkits, programming IDE's, CAD tools, simulators, et cetera that will be ...
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Do solely software questions belong here?
When I was programming an Arduino last year I ran into a painful programming halt when working with a color sensor. The color sensor was hooked up correctly (3 pins is not so hard...), but for days I ...
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Can someone ask a vendor-specific question?
After I've been for last two hours on meta or main site, I haven't grasp exact scope of questions for this site. So I will be more specific.
I work with Fanuc robots but as I am novice in this field,...
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request for Tex math markup on the site
A lot of us will probably be writing a lot of mathematical content, from signal processing equations to dynamic modeling. I think the site could benefit greatly from the ability to use Math Jax, as ...
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What’s the “elevator pitch” for our site?
From the The 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta:
What’s the “elevator pitch” for our site?
Imagine you’ve just gotten on an elevator with a friendly stranger. You have precisely one floor to ...
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What should our FAQ contain?
From The 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta:
What should our FAQ contain?
Much of the FAQ will be somewhat boilerplate: “be nice,” “how to create an account,” “how to ask questions” — it’s all ...
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The 7 Essential Meta Questions for Robotics Stack Exchange
Given the The 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta I think it is worth having a place where we can link together these essential meta questions.
The 7 Essential Questions of Every Beta are:
Are ...
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Are questions about autonomous rockets on topic?
Rocketry is a whole new ball game, but arguably such devices can have robotic elements. Providing they do, would questions asked about them be off topic or beyond the scope of this site?
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Should we allow legal questions?
Legal questions shouldn't be as prominent here as on some other sites, but they could still come up - asking whether materials could legally be obtained for instance, or asking about the legalities of ...
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What should the theme and layout look like? [closed]
I'm sure that eventually we'll have a theme/imagery competition like on other .SE sites, but what sorts of elements of those do we as a community want to see? I'm sure we'll get better results if ...
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How to handle "getting started" questions
Robotics is a really cool field. I think that anyone would agree to this--from engineers to sci-fi buffs alike. There will probably be a lot of fresh eager minds here who want to get started with ...
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How do we address questions about related subject areas?
Since robotics touches many subjects (electrical, mechanical, and software), and a variety of sub-fields (computer vision, machine learning, programming, Matlab, embedded, etc), it seems that we need ...
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Where does Robotics end and Electrical Engineering begin?
Is there a line in the sand where questions appropriate for this Robotics site end and questions more appropriate for the Electrical Engineering site? Here are a few example topics that I have been ...
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What level of technical detail is appropriate and on-topic for this site?
I just answered the question, How can I modify a low cost hobby servo to run 'freely'?. In my answer, I talk about inductive loads and back EMF.
Is this kind of content regarding robotics-...
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What do we do about platform-specific questions?
Due to the nature of robotics, there are multiple relevant robotics platforms in existence (MOOS, ROS, YARP, etc). When we permute these platforms with other available libraries (computer vision, ...