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  • Matthew Woodhead
    Matthew Woodhead created a wiki page Assignment 1 October 25, 2022 - 2:49pm
    Assignment 1: Problem 1: My original approach was to start from scratch as I thought this would give me the best opportunity to fully learn and understand the code. Having completed a course in C++ some parts clicked much quicker than others. I...
  • Silas Clark
    Silas Clark created a wiki page Unit 3 October 24, 2022 - 11:38am
    Learning Objectives   Describe various types of effectors, both how they are created and how they work. Effectors are any part of a robot that makes an effect on it’s environment. For example, legs, arms, or wheels. These are typically...
  • Ashton Ali
    Ashton Ali commented on a bookmark We need help: Athabasca University is facing an existential threat from the government of Alberta October 23, 2022 - 9:59pm
    Have the Alberta Government not understand that the future trend of Learning is remote, globally. What kind of back-asswards government is in power currently on this day of October 23rd, 2022? Do they have no intellect about the future trends and...
  • Silas Clark
    Silas Clark created a wiki page Unit 2 October 14, 2022 - 8:04pm
    Learning Objectives   List the various mechanisms of robotic movement. Effectors: Effectors are any part of a robot that makes an effect on it’s environment. For example, legs, arms, or wheels. Actuators: An actuator is a device that...
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    • Jesus Melendez Manzano
      Jesus Melendez Manzano December 10, 2022 - 5:12pm

      I am now in Unit 7 reading and one of the most important parts I have found of a robot is the actuator. This device not only converts energy into physical motion but also actuators produce rotary and linear motion, which I find very fascinating. In researching further about actuators, I found there are three major types of actuators; hydraulic, pneumatic, and electric, and depending on the kind of robot we are building one could be more suitable than others.

  • Silas Clark
    Silas Clark created a wiki page Unit 1 October 14, 2022 - 7:54pm
    Learning Objectives   Robot Definition A robot is an autonomous system which exists in the physical world, can sense its environment, and can act on it to achieve some goals.   Robot History Cybernetics, the study and comparison...
  • Silas Clark
    Silas Clark created a wiki page Silas Clark's COMP 444 Weblog October 14, 2022 - 7:47pm
    Here I will post my personal Weblogs for COMP 444. Below is assignment 0.   Wikipedia Arduino Article Summary Arduino is an open source hardware and software company that creates microcontrollers. These microcontroller boards can be sourced...
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    • Dylan Oakes
      Dylan Oakes November 10, 2022 - 10:10am

      Hi Silas,

      Hope you're enjoying the course so far. I felt the exact same way when I was opening the SparkFun Inventor's Kit. It felt rather familiar from previous experience playing with some of the LEGO Mindstorms kit (though I never had a whole set to really dive into) and from a course I took in college where I had to build a remote controlled "battle bot" type vehicle. Though, since it was all remote controlled, there was very limited programming involved.

      It seems like we have similar backgrounds when it comes to this course.

      So far, I've enjoyed the course quite a bit and I've learned a lot about the Arduino! Seems like you're a bit further in the course than I am, so I look forward to seeing what you do as your final project.

  • Ashton Ali
    Ashton Ali commented on a wiki page titled Unit 4: Robotic Sensing October 9, 2022 - 10:47pm
    Robotics are amazing and the technology is needed for the present and future of world developments. However it can be useful and at the same time be problematic. Sensors and other mechanisms are not at all perfect, these devices can fail and...
  • Abeba Yitbarek
    Abeba Yitbarek replied on the discussion topic Unit 2: Food for Thought October 8, 2022 - 12:20pm
      1. How much do you personally trust the various search engines? What are some of the benefits of a popular search engine? What are some of the pitfalls.   Google is the search engine that I frequent the most. I trust it in the sense...
  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron published a blog post Communities we live in and serve: universities and places October 6, 2022 - 10:54pm
    Communities we live in and serve: universities and places
    Voluntourism, geoarbitrage, and digital nomadsReasons to be Cheerful is among my first ports of call for news most mornings because I hate to start the day on a negative or banal note. The news is mostly good, but it's never trivial, cute, or...
  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron bookmarked Social Media Use Linked to Developing Depression Regardless of Personality | University of Arkansas in the group COMP 650: Social Computing October 4, 2022 - 5:00pm
    This describes an interesting study that seems to confirm social media use can be harmful no matter who you are though, as the article notes, more research is needed to confirm the findings. Quite a few similar studies have come to quite similar...
    https://news.uark.edu/articles/62109/social-media-use-linked-to-developing-depression-regardless-of-personality
  • Cameron German
    Cameron German replied on the discussion topic Unit 2: Food for Thought October 3, 2022 - 12:03pm
    The main benefit of a popular search engine is that websites will optimize their content and integrations to maximize their impact on the search results pages, making it more convenient to search the web. However, this also gives significant power...
  • Athabasca Landing
    Athabasca Landing created a wiki page Problems logging in and saving pages (September 2022) September 27, 2022 - 12:33pm
    People were having problems logging in to the Landing around 22-27 September, only intermittently being able to get in. The problem was related to an update to underlying system software. We believe that these problems have now been resolved. Sorry...
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    • Deborah Brouwer
      Deborah Brouwer December 15, 2022 - 12:03am

      That's interesting to know - at least it explains why I can't seem to edit the wiki subpage.  It just spins until it times out.  I'll try again another day.

  • Jon Dron
    Jon Dron bookmarked So, this is a thing... September 26, 2022 - 3:25pm
    Students are now using AIs to write essays and assignments for credit, and they are (probably) getting away with it. This particular instance may be fake, but the tools are widely available and it would be bizarre were no one to be using them for...
    https://twitter.com/petergyang/status/1573489316147306496?s=20&t=XPjr54KmAWmcqnrJ79eMvA
  • Nina Sebastian
    Nina Sebastian replied on the discussion topic Unit 2: Food for Thought September 25, 2022 - 5:59pm
    My Answer:     1)    Search engines are a ubiquitous part of the internet. They have helped in growing the internet and organizing the overall internet content. The quality of search results and the ability to rank the...
  • Kevin Maneschyn
    Kevin Maneschyn replied on the discussion topic Unit 2: Food for Thought September 25, 2022 - 4:26pm
    1. I don't think I 'trust' search engines any more than my ability to use them. That is to say that I consider search engines as a tool to accomplish a task, and not as the source of the information I am looking for. I trust search engines to return...
  • Sheryl Griffith
    Sheryl Griffith replied on the discussion topic Unit 2: Food for Thought September 24, 2022 - 8:14pm
    1. I mostly trust search engines, as this is where we go on the Web to access information to our queries. One must, however, do their due diligence and not trust all the information they have access to.  In contrast to other forms of media,...
  • Masood Ahmed
    Masood Ahmed replied on the discussion topic Unit 2: Food for Thought September 24, 2022 - 11:39am
    #1. Using online search engines has become part of my life. Whether I am looking for store hours or information on a specific topic, an internet search is what I do. Like other technologies, search engines have come a long way from providing simple...
  • Fabiha Nawar
    Fabiha Nawar replied on the discussion topic Unit 2: Food for Thought September 20, 2022 - 12:16pm
    #1. For many reasons I use search engine in my daily life. Personally, I trust the search engines as most of them gives the correct information. In most cases I use Google because it shows simple, better results. Some benefits of Google search...
  • Adam Zieleman
    Adam Zieleman replied on the discussion topic Unit 2: Food for Thought September 19, 2022 - 1:08pm
    Unit 2: FOOD FOR THOUGHT I don’t trust the ads that are presented as the top results on any search engine. They may or may not be useful, but they must be reviewed with a grain of salt. The search engine I trust most is Google, mostly...
  • Gregory McDonald
    Gregory McDonald added a new discussion topic Unit 2: Food for Thought September 19, 2022 - 10:17am
    Food for thought for Unit 2 (as copied from the Instructor's Notebook): 1. How much do you personally trust the various search engines? What are some of the benefits of a popular search engine? What are some of the pitfalls. 2. Describe the...
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