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- From: nivek@cs.cmu.edu (Kevin Dowling)
- Newsgroups: comp.robotics.misc,comp.answers,news.answers
- Subject: comp.robotics Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Supersedes: <c.r.part6_842241611@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu>
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- Date: 16 Sep 1996 04:00:30 GMT
- Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science
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- Summary: This posting contains a pointer to the Frequently Asked Questions
- and their answers about robotics. It should be read by anyone
- who wishes to post to the comp.robotics.* newsgroup
- Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.robotics.misc:8655 comp.answers:21138 news.answers:81704
-
- Archive-name: robotics-faq/pointer
- Last Modified: Sat Jun 15 11:16:36 1996
-
- What is the comp.robotics FAQ?
- --------------------------------------------------
-
- Welcome to comp.robotics.* The comp.robotics FAQ is a source of
- information on robotics, especially commonly asked questions on the
- newsgroup. Many questions are answered regarding parts, suppliers,
- university programs, sensors, books, online-information, robots and
- much more.
-
- Before posting to the net - please take a little time to check to see
- if the information you need is already there. Also, if you have
- information you think should be there or updated please let me know.
-
- If you haven't done so, new users on the net should read
- news.announce.newusers. In particular, the following posts are a good
- idea:
- -Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette
- -Rules for posting to Usenet
- -A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
- -Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet
- -Hints on writing style for Usenet
- -What is Usenet?
-
-
- Where to find the comp.robotics FAQ and comp.robotics archives
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
-
- The comp.robotics FAQ is currently posted to comp.answers,
- news.answers and comp.robotics.misc All posts to news.answers are
- archived and are available via anonymous FTP and e-mail from the
- locations listed below. The World Wide Web version is the original
- source for all posted and archived versions.
-
- This pointer to the FAQ is posted weekly and the FAQs themselves are
- posted every 90 days.
-
- WWW:
- World Wide Web version of the FAQ is at:
-
- http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/robotics-faq
-
- This is the most up-to-date version from which the other ascii
- and htmlized ascii versions are created. This is updated
- continually and the ascii files are generated automatically
- every week.
-
- OSU has a very useful site for many FAQs at:
-
- http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html
-
- FTP:
- FTP is a way of copying file between networked computers. If
- you need help in using or getting started with FTP, send
- e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with
- send usenet/news.answers/ftp-list/faq
- as the body of the message.
-
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/robotics-faq
- part1, part2, part3, part4, part5
- Internet address: 18.181.0.24
-
- ftp://ftp.uu.net/archive/usenet/news.answers/robotics-faq
- part1.Z, part2.Z, part3.Z, part4.Z, part5.Z [use uncompress]
- Internet address: 137.39.1.9
-
- ftp://ftp.cs.cmu.edu/user/nivek/ftp/robotics-faq
- part1, part2, part3, part4, part5
- 128.2.206.173
-
- E-mail:
- Send email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu containing these lines:
-
- send usenet/news.answers/robotics-faq/part1
- send usenet/news.answers/robotics-faq/part2
- send usenet/news.answers/robotics-faq/part3
- send usenet/news.answers/robotics-faq/part4
- send usenet/news.answers/robotics-faq/part5
-
- Archives:
- You can find a dozen or more sites in the US, Europe and Japan
- that store the FAQ and archives for comp.robotics by using the
- the many Internet search programs available.
-
- One location is:
- ftp://wilma.cs.brown.edu/pub/comp.robotics/
-
- In addition to the FTP archive maintained at
- wilma.cs.brown.edu, there are a couple of other mechanisms
- available:
-
- - The comp.robotics archive at wilma is also available as a WAIS
- source (called "comp.robotics.src"), and hence it is also
- available to WWW browsers, via the appropriate WAIS gateway.
-
- - Moises Lejter maintains a mailing list of individuals who
- would rather receive comp.robotics via Email as a daily digest
- of all messages posted to comp.robotics in each 24-hour
- period. Anyone interested should send email directly to
- <mlm@cs.brown.edu>. It's a lot of mail though...
-
- There are two newsgroups devoted to robotics: comp.robotics.misc and
- comp.robotics.research. comp.robotics no longer exists. c.r.research
- is a moderated group.
-
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- If you have any questions or comments send mail to Kevin Dowling,
- nivek@cmu.edu Thanks.
-
- --
- aka: Kevin Dowling, <nivek+@cmu.edu> address: Carnegie Mellon University
- tel: 1.412.268.8830 The Robotics Institute
- fax: 1.412.268.5895 5000 Forbes Avenue
- url: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~nivek Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
- --
- aka: Kevin Dowling, <nivek+@cmu.edu> address: Carnegie Mellon University
- tel: 1.412.268.8830 The Robotics Institute
- fax: 1.412.268.5895 5000 Forbes Avenue
- url: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~nivek Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
-