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JeffNJeffN Posts: 18
edited 2006-05-22 06:04 in Robotics
Just got the May issue of Servo, the column "Appetizer" had a title of "Group Robot Projects or 'why hasn't our robot managed to get that beer yet?"

Well here are some pix of my latest project.

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  • Bruce BatesBruce Bates Posts: 3,045
    edited 2006-05-07 04:16
    Jeff -

    The pictures didn't quite make it, I'm sorry to say.

    Regards,

    Bruce Bates

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  • JeffNJeffN Posts: 18
    edited 2006-05-07 13:05
    Bruce,

    Well, I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but the attachment manager is not cooperating.· Then I tried to·cut and paste, but that doesn't work either.· The file size of one picture is 726k.

    Any suggestions?
  • Bruce BatesBruce Bates Posts: 3,045
    edited 2006-05-07 13:22
    Jeff -

    The attachment manager will only permit certain file types. You didn't mention what file type you were using, or if you received an error message. If worse comes to worst, you can always ZIP it and then attach it I guess.

    Regards,

    Bruce Bates

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  • Jim RicheyJim Richey Posts: 82
    edited 2006-05-07 19:56
    Hello Jeff
    I have recently been tinkering with making "beer" ethanol from various stocks and was considering an attempt at automating a small fermenter/still,using my BS2. Is your project something similar? Sure would like to see some photos

    Jim Richey

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  • JeffNJeffN Posts: 18
    edited 2006-05-07 20:08
    Bruce,

    Just a .jpg taken with a Kodak at 5 megapixels.· No error message.· I'll ty again.
  • JeffNJeffN Posts: 18
    edited 2006-05-07 20:24
    Hi Jim,

    No, my project is for the bot to bring me a beer. (my wife is getting tired of doing it) ((just kidding))· I am having some problems attaching the pictures.
  • CatharsisCatharsis Posts: 27
    edited 2006-05-07 21:26
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-05-07 22:43
    Invalid link...

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  • SciTech02SciTech02 Posts: 154
    edited 2006-05-10 23:27
    That's always the goal ain't it?·lol.gif· I've been working on a fetching program using the gripper I tweaked with to grab larger objects.· It depends how you want it to do it.· From the fridge or from the ground.

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  • JeffNJeffN Posts: 18
    edited 2006-05-11 01:29
    Chris,

    I don't know what you mean by an invalid link...something on my end?

    I just tried again and no go.· It looks like it's uploading but nothing, like it times out.
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2006-05-11 02:53
    Catharsis posted a link that doesn't work.

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  • gelfling6gelfling6 Posts: 60
    edited 2006-05-18 00:08
    Jeff, I made a successful upload of my Homework board driving a VEX servo, in another message..
    try this.. (RED_ALERT! Uploading for Dummies (no insult meent.))

    Post a reply

    write what you're showing in the empty box

    At the bottom, you'll see a link box, [noparse][[/noparse]Attachment Manager]
    click it.

    Choose browse, navigate to, and select the photo. Click [noparse][[/noparse]Okay] on the dialog box.
    When back to the attachment manager box, click [noparse][[/noparse]Upload]

    the file should upload, and list in the dialog box. DO NOT CLICK DELETE!

    Simply close the manager dialog box, and go back to the message box, and click [noparse][[/noparse]SUBMIT] at the bottom..

    It SHOULD show as a miniature of the photo, when you read the message..
    When someone clicks on the miniature, it will open into a new box, of the photo.

    Example follows this message..
    (Okay, maybe the external battery was overkill.)


    Stephen (gelfling6)
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  • JeffNJeffN Posts: 18
    edited 2006-05-18 13:51
    Stephen,

    Yes, that is exactly what I'm doing, but as the image is loading it never completes the upload.· I get the upload dialog box, but it's blank.· It is almost like a time out problem.

    Can a firewall prevent the upload from completing?·
  • Kd7laxKd7lax Posts: 42
    edited 2006-05-22 06:04
    Hi Jeff,
    If you are still having trouble uploading your pictures I would reccomend using a picture storage site. Then just use the [noparse][[/noparse]*IMG] http://yoururlhere.com[noparse][[/noparse]/IMG*] tags and put the url of your image in them.
    *Note: take out the * when using IMG tags

    Good free photo upload websites:
    Flickr << if you have a yahoo account you don't have to register (you can just use it)
    Image Shack


    -Mike

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