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<p>Firstly we should try to use tagging to make it easy for people to filter for or filter out things they are or are not interested in.</p>
<p>Secondly, we need to be proactive in editing, commenting, flagging and voting to close inappropriate questions.</p>
<p><em>Why is X (my platform of choice) better than all of... | 1 | 2012-10-23T19:38:03.497 | <p>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, graph optimization, point clouds, etc), the question-space becomes quite large, with lots of available questions, like:<... | What do we do about platform-specific questions? | |discussion|on-topic| |
<p>I would encourage highly technical answers, but with the proviso that you try to tailor your answers to the questioner. A beginner will need a slow introduction, before being exposed to a load of technical jargon, for example.</p>
| 3 | 2012-10-23T20:01:37.043 | <p>I just answered the question, <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/2/how-can-i-modify-a-low-cost-servo-to-run-freely">How can I modify a low cost hobby servo to run 'freely'?</a>. In my answer, I talk about inductive loads and back EMF.</p>
<p>Is this kind of content regarding robotics-cont... | What level of technical detail is appropriate and on-topic for this site? | |discussion| |
<p>When dealing with site overlap, there <em>never</em> is a clear line. There usually are questions which are suitable for both sites, and there's nothing wrong with it. </p>
<p>I've seen three types of migrate-able questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Obvious migrates-- Off topic for us, on topic for them</li>
<li>On-topic for ... | 4 | 2012-10-23T20:09:20.290 | <p>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 tackling at my day job (robotics engineer at a robotics company):</p>
<ul>
<li>USB HID Bootloader for dsPIC33E series... | Where does Robotics end and Electrical Engineering begin? | |discussion| |
<p>I like Mark's approach. If it clearly relevant to robotics <em>as well as other domains</em>, keep it here, even if it could be within stack overflow's or electrical engineering's (or other) sphere. But if it's a very general programming or EE question, move it. </p>
| 5 | 2012-10-23T20:11:06.667 | <p>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 to develop a system for determining when a question is good for our community, and when it would be better suited for... | How do we address questions about related subject areas? | |discussion|on-topic|community| |
<p>This answer is partly in response to Mark's suggestion of a <code>getting-started</code> tag, but also as a direct response to the question.</p>
<p>Other posters have already mentioned the FAQ, the use of tags, and eventually the Community Wiki. These are (IMHO) the correct approaches.</p>
<p>I accept fully that w... | 6 | 2012-10-23T20:12:02.813 | <p>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 robotics (and I am one of them), and we will probably get a lot of "Where do I get started with robotics" questions. Some... | How to handle "getting started" questions | |discussion|community| |
<p>In a word, yes!</p>
<p>Robotics takes many forms - the commonalities are in the ways we solve exciting problems, such as components and techniques, and in the fact that we're solving a certain class of problems. Autonomous <em>anything</em> is inherently in the problem-space of robotics. Autonomous rockets are an e... | 17 | 2012-10-23T21:41:43.910 | <p>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?</p>
| Are questions about autonomous rockets on topic? | |discussion| |
<p>Mahjax has been enabled on this site.</p>
| 25 | 2012-10-23T23:19:18.933 | <p>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 <a href="https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/mathjax-basic-tutorial-and-quick-reference">Math Jax</a>, as the math an... | request for Tex math markup on the site | |discussion|feature-request|status-completed| |
<p>I think Mark captured it with "when the problem domain of the questions is specifically robotic in nature." The question can be purely software, or hardware, or a mix. But the problem domain should be robotics. A question related to the arduino serial library likely belongs elsewhere, but one dealing with a senso... | 28 | 2012-10-23T23:47:53.697 | <p>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 could not figure out what was wrong with my code.</p>
<p>Would questions that are nearly completely about programmi... | Do solely software questions belong here? | |discussion|on-topic| |
<p>From the <a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/faq#reputation">Meta FAQ</a>:</p>
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<h2>What is reputation?</h2>
<p>You must have at least 5 reputation on the main website to participate on Robotics Meta - Stack Exchange.</p>
<p>Reputation here is entirely derived from the main website; your rep... | 33 | 2012-10-24T01:02:49.000 | <p>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?</p>
| Why isn't my rep updating? | |support|reputation| |
<p>Since ROS has no affiliation with the SX network of sites, you're likely get a different user base (with obviously some overlap) so I'd feel free to cross-post <em>once you don't get an answer within a reasonable time frame</em>. </p>
<p>I also don't see any problem with asking detailed ROS questions here, even if ... | 35 | 2012-10-24T05:50:32.467 | <p>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: should I use this site or should I use the one specifically targeted at this community?</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
| Should I ask specific ROS questions here instead of answers.ros.org? (same applies for other libraries) | |discussion|on-topic| |
<p>"Ultrasonic" seems like an odd tag to have -- like having separate tags for "LED" and "Red LED". It's still sonar; the only reason it's ultrasonic is because nobody wants to listen to the sound a rangefinder makes.</p>
<p>In the AUV industry, sonar is a broad term for a lot of sophisticated (but very separate) tec... | 53 | 2012-10-26T09:24:34.060 | <p>There's <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/53/131">one question</a> so far tagged <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ultrasonic">ultrasonic</a>. 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 ... | Tag: ultrasound vs sonar | |discussion|tags|tag-synonyms| |
<p>It's allowed technically, it may even be helpful later (see below), but <strong>I wouldn't recommend it</strong> for an early site.</p>
<p>"Seed questions" become harmful when folks come to believe that the author doesn't really care about the answer; or worse, the author doesn't even need any help at all!... | 55 | 2012-10-26T09:53:46.693 | <p>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 definition phase, or should I stick only to actual questions I have. </p>
<p>One of the problems I can see with only a... | Should I ask questions I already know the answer to in order to shape the site? | |discussion|on-topic|etiquette|asking-questions| |
<p>Just to complete the loop: Robotics.SE will go public on <strong>Tuesday, 6 November 2012!</strong></p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
| 72 | 2012-10-29T21:20:34.707 | <p>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 bit more time to get your questions asked in preparation for your opening day!</p>
<p>Keep up the great work!</p>
| Private Beta Extension | |discussion| |
<p>We should've started long ago. Being in private beta is no reason to hold out on accepting answers. It's fine if you want to keep the question in limbo for a few days to garner more answers (generally, questions with an accepted answer don't get many more answers)--but don't do this for weeks. Remember, the acceptan... | 77 | 2012-11-07T21:32:13.743 | <p>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 start accepting answers to questions to show the incoming people what good answers look like?</p>
| Can we begin accepting answers? | |discussion| |
<p>I don't see how "Is subsumption architecture still an active area of research is any less temporally bound than the original. The answer depends on when it's answered as much as the original. </p>
<p>I also don't see why "Developing for 8-bit AVR-s, what are the current, open and free libraries out there?" should ... | 91 | 2012-11-14T19:17:02.313 | <p>We are starting to get a few questions a la "What is the current state of ...". </p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/403/131">What is the current state of the Google Self Driving Car Project?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/354/131">What is the state of subsumption ... | "Current state" questions | |discussion|on-topic| |
<p>No, we should not add <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/drone" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'drone'" rel="tag">drone</a> as a tag synonym for <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/uav" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'uav... | 92 | 2012-11-14T23:32:20.957 | <p>Earlier I added a tag wiki for <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/uav" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'uav'" rel="tag">uav</a> and realised that it would probably be a good idea to add a tag synonym for <em>drone</em>, which is the other common term for a <em>uav</em>... | Should we add drone as a tag synonym for uav? | |discussion|support|tag-synonyms| |
<p>It really depends on how related the two questions are and if it is extremely likely that someone knowing the answer to one of them will know the answer to the other. If the two questions are "Is X true? If so, why?" or "Is this a problem? How do I fix it?" (eg, the LiPo question) are <em>generally</em> fine in one ... | 105 | 2012-11-18T17:01:43.130 | <p>A couple of questions have been asked recently (including one of mine it turns out) which are really asking multiple questions. For example:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/453/how-can-one-determine-whether-a-lipo-battery-is-going-bad">How can one determine whether a LiPo battery ... | Should posts asking multiple questions be split up? | |discussion|asking-questions| |
<p>Homework questions have a place.</p>
<p>But if, and only if, the question otherwise meets the FAQ, and the question shows that the questioner is not regurgitating their homework without applying any prior thought. In this case, it should be closed as off-topic, or too-localised.</p>
<p>If a questioner asks a spec... | 114 | 2012-11-26T10:08:29.973 | <p>I just learned that the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/homework" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'homework'" rel="tag">homework</a> tag <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/147100/169090">has been deprecated</a> in stackoverflow.com (duh, where have I been?).<... | homework tag on robotics.se | |discussion| |
<p>As <a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/a/125/37">Manishearth suggests</a> <em>"What should I do next?"</em> questions are really just <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping/">shopping questions</a>, which are discouraged everywhere.</p>
<p>Whether a <em>pre-requisite... | 121 | 2012-12-05T13:07:29.943 | <p>This <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/138/mathematical-prerequisites-for-beginning-graduate-student-in-robotics">question</a> asks for prerequisites for studying in a robotics course. This in my mind is rather open-ended and will result in discussions and has no single correct answer. So, are th... | Are questions asking for topics to study within robotics, on topic? | |discussion| |
<p>At the moment, we only have the community moderation team to help moderate <em>Robotics</em>, but we are <a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/q/84/37">currently looking</a> for <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/moderator-pro-tempore/">moderators pro tempore</a> of our own.</p>
<p>Once prote... | 128 | 2012-12-08T00:34:13.517 | <p>According to our <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/faq">Robotics FAQ</a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>[...] our <a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/">meta-discussion site</a> hosts a section of constantly evolving <strong><a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/faq">frequen... | What are our frequently asked questions on meta? | |discussion|tags| |
<h2>Getting started with MathJax</h2>
<p>On <em>Robotics Stack Exchange</em>, we use <a href="https://www.mathjax.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MathJax</a> to format mathematical expressions. MathJax is a tool that lets us display LaTeX expressions on a browser.</p>
<p>To use MathJax, enclose your mathematical expres... | 130 | 2012-12-11T13:35:00.857 | <p>Blatantly ripped off from <a href="https://chemistry.meta.stackexchange.com/q/86">chem.SE</a>, this post is meant to help people understand how to use MathJax formatting of mathematical expressions here on <em>Robotics</em>.</p>
| How can I format mathematical expressions here, using MathJax? | |discussion|faq|formatting|mathjax| |
<p>Your sense of alarm over an impending deadline are unfounded. There is no "failure to meet Area 51 requirements" and there is no 90-day deadline. Each site has a unique scope and audience, so trying to compare traffic statistics to larger subjects is also without basis. Also understand that <strong>all</strong> site... | 134 | 2012-12-12T10:48:59.073 | <p>As we can see in <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/40020/robotics">area 51</a>, robotics.SE is lacking users (and as a result questions/day and visits/day). I am guessing once the 90 days public beta test finishes, this site wouldn't be in good enough shape.</p>
<p>Everyone will be a <a href="https... | Failure to meet Area 51 requirements? | |discussion| |
<blockquote>
<p>I added a brief clarification in a comment to the question. Should this have been edited into the original question?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Yes, that's right. Questions should, as far as possible stand on their own, so people can answer the question without <em>having</em> to read through the comments ... | 137 | 2012-12-12T18:45:02.753 | <p>Are there any guidelines for how to handle changing questions? Take the following question:</p>
<p><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/649/13">Does RRT* guarantee asymptotic optimality for a minimum clearance cost metric?</a></p>
<p>A couple of things happened here:</p>
<ul>
<li>I added a brief clarific... | How do we handle changing questions? | |discussion| |
<p>Normally tag synonyms are created when there is a problem with some people using one tag, some people using another, and some people using both. At this point, the tag synonyms are created and posts with either are considered the same for tagging purposes.</p>
<p>At the moment, we have a couple of <a href="https://... | 140 | 2012-12-13T20:25:07.667 | <p>Could someone please add <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/nxc" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'nxc'" rel="tag">nxc</a> as a synonym for the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/not-exactly-c" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged '... | Request to create synonym for not-exactly-c tag | |feature-request|status-completed|tag-synonyms| |
<p>IMO, it should be</p>
<p>3) IC specific tags are not OK</p>
<p>Tags are for searching/filtering purposes. I really don't see a scenario when a user wants to search/filter questions only about a certain IC. Maybe an IC <em>family</em>, but not a certain IC. </p>
<p>What's better would be tags for <em>classes</em> ... | 144 | 2012-12-23T07:56:04.163 | <p>We've had a <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/684/lm2576-circuit-suddenly-cuts-down-the-power">question asked about the LM2576</a> - which the OP added the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/lm2576" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'lm2576'" rel="tag... | Discussion: IC specific tags | |discussion|tags| |
<p>Questions <em>asking for opinions</em> tend to get closed as <em>not constructive</em> on most Stack Exchange sites.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/faq#close">not constructive</a> close reason says:</p>
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<p>As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&... | 153 | 2013-01-16T10:22:51.003 | <p>I'm designing a complex robot and I've got some ideas that I want to get opinions on before beginning development. Is that OK, or should I make the question more answerable?</p>
| Is it ok to ask for opinions? | |discussion|asking-questions| |
<p>I'm Sorry, but tag wikis are not an appropriate place to solicit followers. Advertising a proposal in a tag wiki would not be appropriate.</p>
<p>I know it sounds like a harmless bit of advertising, but there are thousands of proposals who want to be heard. Many have tried posting their announcements to our Q&A... | 158 | 2013-02-02T04:00:57.213 | <p>The <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/49538/arduino">Arduino site proposal</a> would interest a lot of the users of this site, so is it alright to promote it through the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/arduino" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'arduino&#... | Is it alright to promote a site proposal through the relevant Tag wikis? | |discussion| |
<p>We already have this, but you can only see it <strong>if you aren't logged on</strong>.</p>
<p>If you navigate to <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/">robotics</a> in a different browser (or using a new browser profile) then you see a welcome box saying the following:</p>
<blockquote>
<h3>Welcome!</h3>
<p>T... | 162 | 2013-02-12T20:32:29.833 | <p>What if we start with the math.SE welcome note, and take it from there.</p>
<p>"Welcome!
This is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for people studying <strong>robotics</strong> at any level and professionals in related fields. It's 100% free, no registration required.</p>
<p>Got a question about th... | Could we please edit our landing page / welcome note | |discussion|moderators|moderation|design| |
<p>Robotics is currently in public beta, as its <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/40020/robotics">Area 51 profile</a> shows. It will remain so until it reaches "critical mass", which I think is SE speak for "when we think you're ready". Have a look at the <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq">A... | 165 | 2013-03-28T17:56:38.943 | <p>Isn't the site out of beta currently? Should the title reflect that?</p>
| Why is the site called 'robotics beta'? | |discussion| |
<h1>Final Results</h1>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/1221/quadrotor-control-using-arduimu">Quadrotor control using ArduIMU</a></p>
<p><strong>Net Score: 0</strong> (Excellent: 1, Satisfactory: 3, Needs Improvement: 1)</p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/quest... | 181 | 2013-06-20T03:00:58.930 | <p>We all love <a href="http://robotics.stackexchange.com">Robotics Stack Exchange</a>, but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this site through ... | Let's get critical: Jun 2013 Site Self-Evaluation | |discussion|site-evaluation| |
<p>At the time it was closed <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/revisions/1474/1">your question was</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<h3>Is the Raspberry Pi too good to be true?</h3>
<p>The Raspberry Pi motherboard is $25-35 depending on the model purchased. It seems like the Raspberry Pi would be provide poor pe... | 185 | 2013-06-25T23:48:43.193 | <p>How can I improve the question <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/1474/37">How well is the Raspberry Pi's performance?</a></p>
<p>I do not want to delete it if it can be made better.</p>
| Improving this Raspberry Pi question | |discussion|editing| |
<p>The <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/robotc" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'robotc'" rel="tag">robotc</a> tag refers to a specific programming environment.</p>
<p>I have updated the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/tags/robotc/info">tag wiki</a> to expl... | 187 | 2013-06-26T14:01:57.087 | <p>I found this misspelled tag - <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/tags/robotc/info">https://robotics.stackexchange.com/tags/robotc/info</a>.
<br/>It is supposed to say "robotic".</p>
| Misspelled Tag (Robotc) | |bug|status-bydesign| |
<p>I have added the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/natural-language" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'natural-language'" rel="tag">natural-language</a> tag to your question, but sadly it has become apparent that your question is just a thinly veiled advert for your pr... | 189 | 2013-06-26T14:15:29.850 | <p>I want to suggest a new tag - Language. This would be used by questions that ask about giving robots speech abilities. For instance, this question could use the language tag (<a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/1476/does-xaiml-have-any-potential-future-in-language-abilities-for-robots">https://robo... | Tag suggestion - Language | |feature-request|status-completed| |
<p>A tag can be created by simply tagging a question...</p>
<p>I'd have no problem with a tag <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/line-following" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'line-following'" rel="tag">line-following</a> as long as it is populated with a suitable defi... | 201 | 2013-08-20T06:03:42.277 | <p>I'm seeing quite some questions regarding line following robots. What do you say we add a specific tag for it? It makes sense for some questions such as <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/1728/158">this one</a> and others.</p>
| Should we add a `line-following` tag? | |discussion|status-completed|tags| |
<p>Futher to Mark's answer, while I don't put too much effort into following the stats, the one that bugs me a bit is:</p>
<pre><code>committed users
274 users committed
77% signed up for beta
6.9% fulfilled commitment
followers
287 users followed
49.8% signed up for beta
</code></pre>
<p>Only <strong>6.9%</strong> ... | 203 | 2013-09-03T21:17:16.820 | <p>When does this site get its own design and how will be choose the designer? I would like to make a webdesign design proposal then.</p>
| What is the process of this site getting its own design? | |support|design| |
<h1>Final Results</h1>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/1642/how-to-speed-up-robotic-arm">How to speed up robotic arm?</a></p>
<p><strong>Net Score: 2</strong> (Excellent: 2, Satisfactory: 4, Needs Improvement: 0)</p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/16... | 212 | 2013-09-18T03:01:01.207 | <p>We all love <a href="http://robotics.stackexchange.com">Robotics Stack Exchange</a>, but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this site through ... | Let's get critical: Sep 2013 Site Self-Evaluation | |discussion|site-evaluation| |
<p>I think this is so much wide and opinion based, even in a wiki there will be opinions just based on "I like these". The question needs to be very clear about what the project needs, and the answer should be technical about why the suggested platform is a better choice.</p>
<p>If it's a beginner just wanting to star... | 214 | 2013-09-27T09:46:10.500 | <p>I'm starting to see questions that ask what microcontroller to choose as a beginner, such as <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/1893/158">https://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/1893/158</a>, <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/q/1881/158">Should you learn assembly language for robotics?</a> and <a h... | Answers to "what microcontroller to buy" | |discussion| |
<p>Note that <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/servos" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'servos'" rel="tag">servos</a> vs. <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/servomotor" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'servomotor'" rel="tag... | 216 | 2013-10-18T22:39:14.627 | <p>Not much to say here really, the title really explains it. <strike>Unless they have different meanings, they are the same thing.</strike> [Facepalm because of a typo: kinda self implied. <em>If a, then a.</em>] <em>Correction:</em> <strong>Unless I am mistaken, they are both the same exact thing and should be synony... | Can we make "stepper" and "stepper-motor" synonyms? | |discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms| |
<h1>Final Results</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/2011/how-to-calculate-right-and-left-speed-for-a-tank-like-rover">How to calculate the right and left speed for a tank-like rover?</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Net Score: 3</strong> (Excellent: 3, Satisfactory: 0, Needs Improvement: 0)</... | 220 | 2013-12-17T03:01:09.300 | <p>We all love <a href="http://robotics.stackexchange.com">Robotics Stack Exchange</a>, but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this site through ... | Let's get critical: Dec 2013 Site Self-Evaluation | |discussion|site-evaluation| |
<p>From the <a href="https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/closed-questions">help center</a></p>
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<p>Questions are marked [on hold] for the first five days after closure to encourage edits and improvements to the question. If a question is edited by the original poster when it is marked [on hold], it will ... | 224 | 2013-12-27T15:32:18.047 | <p><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/2151/what-micro-controller-should-i-use">This</a> question was recently asked, and despite it's opinion-based nature I tried to answer it with the most factual answer I could. However, it got <code>closed as primarily opinion-based.</code></p>
<p>I can understan... | Can a good answer be reason enough to reopen a closed question? | |discussion|closed-questions| |
<p>I certainly have no problem with students asking questions here, but as with all questions they need to be sufficiently well researched, clear questions appropriate for this site.</p>
<p>Questions which don't live up to the standards of quality expected should be questioned, commented upon and ultimately edited to ... | 237 | 2014-02-26T17:17:52.123 | <p>I am one of the organizers of <a href="http://www.robo-crc.ca" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a robotics competition</a> for high school students. We're entering our 14th year. Over the years, the students have amassed a fairly sophisticated level of technical knowledge, expertise and understanding, which has been passed... | Appropriate to send high school students from a robotics competition here? | |discussion| |
<h1>Final Results</h1>
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<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/2365/covariance-matrix-in-ekf">covariance matrix in EKF?</a></li>
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<p><strong>Net Score: 1</strong> (Excellent: 1, Satisfactory: 1, Needs Improvement: 0)</p>
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<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/2... | 239 | 2014-03-17T03:01:09.740 | <p>We all love <a href="http://robotics.stackexchange.com">Robotics Stack Exchange</a>, but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this site through ... | Let's get critical: Mar 2014 Site Self-Evaluation | |discussion|site-evaluation| |
<p>Generally speaking tags are created as the need for them is identified.</p>
<p>If you link to some questions which would benefit from the tag, I would be happy to create the tag and tag those questions with it.</p>
| 242 | 2014-06-26T20:06:17.263 | <p>I have noticed that there is no tag for data association which is considered as a central point in localization and slam problems.</p>
| Data association no tag why? | |discussion|status-completed| |
<h1>Final Results</h1>
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<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/4318/cascading-pid-dc-motor-position-velocity-controllers">Cascading PID DC Motor Position & Velocity Controllers</a></li>
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<p><strong>Net Score: 2</strong> (Excellent: 2, Satisfactory: 0, Needs Improvement: 0)</p>
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<ul... | 244 | 2014-09-13T03:01:19.260 | <p>We all love <a href="http://robotics.stackexchange.com">Robotics Stack Exchange</a>, but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this site through ... | Let's get critical: Sep 2014 Site Self-Evaluation | |discussion|site-evaluation| |
<p>Generally, sites with the beta theme get their initials in a cartoon question bubble. The primary reason is that we create several sites a month so we need an easy-to-produce design icon consistent with the beta theme and the other sites on the network. If you look through <a href="http://stackexchange.com/sites#que... | 246 | 2014-10-20T13:40:43.287 | <p>I think R.SE is almost 2 years old now and doing pretty good. Isn't it time to give our site a nice icon? I know we are still in beta, but I think it will help make the site feel more complete and polished.</p>
<p>I vote for a simple robot arm icon like danijar showed in this post: <a href="https://robotics.meta.... | Can we get an icon? | |discussion|feature-request|status-deferred| |
<p>Tags tend to be generated as an when they are needed, but without tags existing in the first place it can be difficult to get them to arrive spontaneously, so suggestions are always welcome.</p>
<p>As we are in Beta, you <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/create-tags">only need 150 reputati... | 1254 | 2015-01-13T14:31:22.317 | <p>Recently, i have found a bunch of people asking about how to build something in hardware, (for example: <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/6356/how-do-i-achieve-this-grid-of-dowels-powered-by-piston-like-movement">1</a>, <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/6331/passing-power-thro... | More Hardware Tags? | |feature-request|tags| |
<h1>Final Results</h1>
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<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/6418/tracking-landspeed-underwater">Tracking Landspeed Underwater</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Net Score: 2</strong> (Excellent: 2, Satisfactory: 0, Needs Improvement: 0)</p>
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<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/qu... | 1259 | 2015-03-13T03:00:53.820 | <p>We all love <a href="http://robotics.stackexchange.com">Robotics Stack Exchange</a>, but there is a whole world of people out there who need answers to their questions and don't even know that this site exists. When they arrive from Google, what will their first impression be? Let's try to look at this site through ... | Let's get critical: Mar 2015 Site Self-Evaluation | |discussion|site-evaluation| |
<p>Thanks Ben, I have created tag synonyms for:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/atmega" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'atmega'" rel="tag">atmega</a> > <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/avr" class="post-tag" title="show questio... | 1261 | 2015-04-17T17:31:01.617 | <p>Having just acquired enough reputation to suggest tag synonyms, I took a quick look through the list of tags. I was able to successfully suggest one new synonym, but was unable to do so for other pairs. Apparently, I haven't answered enough questions under these tags to qualify. I think these tag synonyms are pre... | Suggested tag synonyms | |feature-request|status-completed|tag-synonyms| |
<p>Yes, it looks like you are doing the correct thing, but closure requires 5 close votes or one close vote from a diamond moderator.</p>
<p>Flags recommending closure cause the post to be added to the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/review/close">close review queue</a> though, rather than be sent to the m... | 1267 | 2015-06-06T14:10:32.033 | <p>The way I read the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic">question guidelines</a>, I thought that all questions asked here should be about robotics and have one correct answer. Accordingly, I have been flagging every question that doesn't meet this thumb rule. </p>
<p>My issue is that I flag the... | Am I flagging questions correctly? | |discussion|flagging| |
<p>Getting an Area 51 proposal into the Commitment Phase is difficult.</p>
<p>Getting a proposal from Commitment into private beta is very difficult.</p>
<p>Getting a private beta into public beta is incredibly difficult.</p>
<p>Getting a public beta to graduate is almost impossible if you are a niche site like <em>... | 1271 | 2015-07-01T01:08:51.067 | <p>As a long-time user of SE sites, I'd like to ask a few questions to the members of robotics.SE. I am a huge part of working on a FIRST Robotics Competition (Including FRC, FTC, and FLL, <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/87670/first-robotics?referrer=MBTLI4xE_Jf4eKpJpcRrJA2">link here</a>); how can I... | FIRST Robotics competiton proposal | |discussion|site-promotion| |
<p>As explained in <a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/a/191/37">this answer</a> to <a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/179">What should our list of close reasons look like?</a> the <em>Primarily Opinion based</em> close reason should be used for <em>shopping</em> questions.</p>
<p>... | 1276 | 2015-08-06T11:36:39.370 | <p>I've found that, on posts I vote to close, the top reason I vote to close is that they are shopping recommendation questions. There is no shopping recommendation pre-canned selection, though, so I usually wind up selecting "life questions" because I feel that the line "what project to start next" is most similar to ... | Shopping recommendation not listed as cause for closure | |feature-request|status-bydesign| |
<h3>Migrating to an arbitrary stack exchange site</h3>
<p>This is only an option for ♦ moderators, so instead of voting to close the question <sup>†</sup> you should flag it for moderator attention <sup>‡</sup> with a suggestion of where it should be migrated.</p>
<p>On established sites, migration pat... | 1287 | 2015-08-20T19:16:02.477 | <p>I tried to vote to close <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/7910/how-can-i-recognize-animals-in-a-video-stream-or-static-images-with-opencv-or-ot">this question on image processing</a>, but when I clicked, "This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network" the only option I coul... | Closing a question - only option for another site is Robotics Meta | |feature-request|support|status-bydesign| |
<p>Note quite,</p>
<p>If you look at all of the questions in the Unanswered questions tab, you will see that none of them have any <em>useful</em> answers.</p>
<p>By <em>useful</em>, I mean answers which have more "This answer is useful" votes than "This answer is not useful" votes. In other words, for a question to ... | 1289 | 2015-09-10T18:42:38.757 | <p>What is SE's qualification for "unanswered"? Because many unanswered questions <em>do</em> actually have answers. I am guessing that by unanswered, they really mean unaccepted. meaning that the original asker never clicked the check mark to accept one of the answers as solving the problem. </p>
<p>It seems to m... | unanswered vs unaccepted | |discussion| |
<p>No site can control the content of links to external sites, and Stack exchange is no different.</p>
<p>If offensive content is on our site, the recommendation is to edit, flag or comment on it, depending on the severity. If offensive content is on another site, the best that we can do locally is remove the link (th... | 1292 | 2016-01-03T17:22:58.463 | <p>The recently asked question <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/8787/best-power-solution-for-my-robot">Best power solution for my robot</a> includes a link for a video demonstrating the gait of the quadreped... all well and good. Unfortunately the title of the video leaves something to be desired.<... | Question that links to inappropriately named video | |discussion| |
<p>Since <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/">3dprinting stack exchange</a> is well into permenant beta now (like <em>robotics</em>) questions about 3d printing should generally be directed there.</p>
<p><s>When the last 3d printing proposal failed, I suggested that 3d printer questions would generally be w... | 1296 | 2016-01-16T11:12:48.283 | <p>With the dawn of <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/">https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/</a>, I thought we should (re-)evaluate if questions about 3D printing are on topic here on robotics.SE.</p>
<p>I guess if the question is mostly about robotics and 3D printing happens to be the application, like i... | Are 3D printing questions on-topic? | |discussion|scope| |
<p>I myself encountered the same thing on SE Arduino, and asked about this on SE Meta, on Feb 18, see <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/275849/suggested-edits-review-queue-notifier-does-not-update-as-reviews-are-completed">Suggested edits review queue notifier does not update as reviews are completed</a... | 1304 | 2016-02-11T18:19:34.647 | <p>My review queue on the site toolbar typically has some number. When I got access to my first moderation tool, I thought that this was the number of items in the review queue, but it was never consistent and frequently showed some number even if I had zero items to review. </p>
<p>I recently got access to the last m... | Phantom Review Queue | |support|moderators|moderation| |
<h1>Summary:</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Leaving poor questions from new users open creates too much risk that they will set a poor example for other new users (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">broken window theory</a>).</p></li>
<li><p>There are not enough active commun... | 1315 | 2016-07-21T13:30:38.560 | <p>I see a number of questions (<a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/10313/design-of-scara-joint-problem">https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/10313/design-of-scara-joint-problem</a>) where a combination of english as a second language and a question from a user new to the stackexchange world (... | Should we be so quick to put questions on hold? | |discussion| |
<p>On the <a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/93481/artificial-intelligence">Artificial Intelligence Area 51 Site</a>, scroll down to where it lists the "Top Beta Users". Just above that is a link that says, "Visit the Site Now." This appears to be the only way to get to the site. </p>
| 1320 | 2016-08-10T09:21:45.310 | <p>After previous <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/12/no-artificial-intelligence-in-area-51/">failures</a>, the AI site has its probably last chance to join to SE network. This is very related to robotics, since robot is a container for AI, so I believe a lot of people here have been using AI.</p>
<p>We nee... | Artificial Intelligence beta has started | |discussion| |
<p>A question asking for a paper reference for solving a problem would be off topic for reasons <a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1323/37">mentioned by Chuck</a>, but a question primarily asking to solve a problem, and requesting citations for papers as a secondary aspect would be perfectly reasonable ... | 1322 | 2016-08-19T15:53:56.233 | <p>Is it okay to ask for a journal paper solving a specific problem? Right now I'm researching quadrotor landings and am having trouble finding a paper on quadrotors landing on platforms where the attitude of the platform is oscillating. If I get my hands on a paper addressing this problem I should be able to look at c... | is asking for a conference paper appropriate? | |discussion|asking-questions| |
<p>I'll chime in that I generally view "robotics" as a holistic term, referring to <em>systems</em> as opposed to <em>components</em>. For example, if you want to "learn robotics," you should study mechanical, electrical, electronic, and software engineering.</p>
<p>In that spirit, questions that I consider <em>most a... | 1327 | 2016-10-11T08:55:41.303 | <p>Since ther is currently no place (other then this, when it is robotics relates) to ask industrial automation related questions (PLC programming, Motors and drives, HMIs Control systems etc.) I started an SE proposal. </p>
<p>Feel free to support the proposal if you see the need for it. </p>
<p><a href="http://area... | Is there a need for Industrial Automation SE? | |discussion| |
<p>I have just switched the "Code Language (used for syntax highlighting)" option on the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ros" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'ros'" rel="tag">ros</a> tag from <code><none></code> to <code>default</code>, so syntax highlighting is ... | 1331 | 2016-11-12T09:52:18.617 | <p>As far as I have noticed, the site does not have any syntax highlighting capability.</p>
<p>The following annotation <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/10964/how-to-convert-this-arduino-code-snippet-to-avr-gcc/10965#10965">does not work</a>:</p>
<pre><code><!-- language: c-->
</code></pre>
<... | Discussion about the necessity of syntax highlight | |discussion|feature-request|status-completed|formatting| |
<p>From the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/servos" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'servos'" rel="tag">servos</a> info page: <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/tags/servos/info">https://robotics.stackexchange.com/tags/servos/info</a></p>
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<p>Mo... | 1338 | 2017-03-09T15:24:35.520 | <p>4 years after the <a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/170/what-should-we-do-about-servo-questions">last discussion</a> I can find on this topic it looks like after around 2014 the <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/hobbyservo" class="post-tag" title="show questions ta... | 4 years later on the servo vs hobby servo tags | |discussion|tags|tag-synonyms| |
<p>Graduation is no longer either required, or expected of small Stack Exchange sites, and as long as we are still an active community we are at no risk of being closed down. </p>
<p>It's been a few years since Stack Exchange woke up to the idea of <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/257614/graduation-si... | 1354 | 2017-11-29T16:20:12.740 | <p>This is a question just because I am curious. I am following this SE site for a long time and I got the impression that is was in beta stage for a long time so I checked the Area 51. What I saw was that it is in beta for more that 5 years! How is that possible? Is there a timetable for the "graduation" of this commu... | "Graduation" of this Community | |discussion|status-bydesign| |
<h2>Yes, we are now in perpetual beta.</h2>
<p>The fact that we haven't been closed down is pretty good evidence that we are now in perpetual beta.</p>
<p>Our stats suggest that we would have to grow substantially as a site in order to qualify for graduation, and given our niche appeal, I doubt that will happen. As the... | 1358 | 2018-07-09T18:45:43.053 | <p>In regards to <a href="https://robotics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1354/graduation-of-this-community">this question</a> and a <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/257614/graduation-site-closure-and-a-clearer-outlook-on-the-health-of-se-sites#comment840165_257614">comment</a> made by a Stack Exchan... | Are we a perpetual beta? | |discussion| |
<p>I think we are way past the need for <em>Seeding</em>. As the term is normally used, it is primarily about getting a site ready for the transition from <em>private</em> to <em>public</em> beta, which as you say was over five years ago.</p>
<p>Having said that, there has never been anything wrong with asking and an... | 1360 | 2018-07-18T21:11:15.330 | <p>The activity in this community seems to have plateaued somewhat since its start <a href="https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/40020/robotics">five years ago</a>. <a href="https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/251/what-is-a-seeded-question">Seeding</a> this site at this stage may initially appear odd, b... | Should we seed this community to boost activity? | |discussion| |
<p>This situation is similar to what we did with the iRobot Create. (We direct users with questions to this site). Although when Robotics.StackExchange started the Create was already a fairly established hobby robot.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you have a group of robotics engineers at your company start participati... | 1363 | 2018-07-25T00:26:09.333 | <p>My company (<a href="https://www.makewonder.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wonder Workshop</a>) would like to direct hobbyists, students, and educators to discuss the more technical aspects of our robots here at robotics.stackexchange.com . And specifically we'd like to encourage them to use the tag "wonderworksho... | New tag request: "wonderworkshop" | |feature-request|tags| |
<p>We currently only have around 70 users who can have the 500 reputation to <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/close-questions">cast close votes</a>, but anyone with at least 15 reputation can <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/flag-posts">flag</a> questions to close.<... | 1367 | 2018-11-02T16:10:22.463 | <p>First, I want to thank all the site regulars; the community wouldn't exist without you. </p>
<p>I was appointed pro-tem moderator about 2.5 years ago now. At the time, I wanted to "lead the charge" on closing what I had felt were low-quality questions. I think most people reading this will know what I'm talking abo... | Reminder - Please vote to close questions you think don't belong! | |discussion|vote-to-close|closed-questions| |
<p>Good eye! This changed <a href="https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/346604/why-is-the-community-user-so-determined-to-bump-this-question/378736#378736">on around January 8th</a></p>
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<p>I've added a change here so that the community user can't rebump a question unless the original bump is more than ... | 1374 | 2019-02-07T21:47:59.980 | <p>We normally see a few new questions per day, and then of those we normally only get what I would call "good" questions maybe 2-3 times per week.</p>
<p>The thing that had kept the site seeming more fresh than that was the Community Bot, which would bump older questions to the top. This would typically happen for ma... | Was there a change to the Community Bot that stops it from bumping questions? | |support| |
<p>I agree with my fellow mods. If the question is otherwise on-topic for <em>robotics</em> then it's fine. As we say in <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic">What topics can I ask about here?</a></p>
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<p>if your question <strong>generally</strong> covers …</p>
<ul>
<li>a specific robot... | 1379 | 2019-05-03T15:49:30.823 | <p>I have a question about <a href="https://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition/RE-VRC-18-6083.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Vex Worlds 2019</a> that I would like to ask on Robotics.SE. It's not really related to robot hardware or software, but about a robotics competition.</p>
<p>I've lo... | Are questions about robotics competitions on-topic? | |discussion|scope| |
<p>Thanks for bringing this up.</p>
<p>I've now retagged all <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/arm" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'arm'" rel="tag">arm</a> tagged posts relating to arm processors as <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/arm-cpu" ... | 1384 | 2019-07-19T09:16:06.697 | <p>The overwhelming majority of the questions tagged as "arm" are about robotic arms. Some of them are about the ARM CPU, which is the abbreviation of "Acorn RISC Machine".</p>
<p>My suggestion would be, following <a href="https://robotics.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/172">Shog</a>, to do this simple diffe... | Retag suggestion: robotic arms vs. arm CPUs | |discussion|status-completed|tags| |
<p>I think it is just because <em>Robotics</em> doesn't get that many questions. With only 2.1 questions per day according to Area51 (<a href="https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/40020/robotics">https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/40020/robotics</a>), our few moderators can keep up. I don't know how man... | 1388 | 2019-10-26T13:21:31.623 | <p>The review queue is a filter, which shows a list of questions with a certain criteria. The idea is not to show the entire list of questions, but only these which are flagged by a group member for later review. A look into the close-view queue have shown, that it's empty. That means, there are no questions which can ... | Why is the review queue empty? | |discussion|flagging| |
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