jamesabrannan
I think the title speaks for itself... ;-)
Not all of us are kids with the diminished attention span induced by video games. Would be nice to have written documentation along with videos.
BTW...I've written a couple point-here-click-there books, also grad student in computer science program. Say I was to write a book, more programming focused than controls (although would have chapter on controls), think that is something folks might be interested in? Of course, I'd be wanting to sell the book, either through a publisher or ezrobot direct. Just tossing it around, as some of us still like the written word....not that the videos are bad, they are good.
Creating a robotic head concierge/Jeff Dunham style personality named Cicero (after the Roman Orator) for my robotics class project. Will post videos soon.
Shout out to Robotics Squared....the inexpensive head really causes some double takes by folks given the uncanny valley.
James A. Brannan Brannan Technical Solutions LLC Hood College Graduate Student
@David and everyone... Don't get baited, it's not worth it... we may have another Dodi here...
All good, just wanting to know the basis of the statement. I am pretty sure that I know what it is, but just trying to understand. I wont argue. When I went to school, we were taught about forming statements based on facts and not opinions. Just want to see what facts this is based on as I am curious.
That would be a mistaken assumption if you are implying the software is unstable, buggy, and in frequent need of updating. In my experience here, very few of the updates were for broke/fix issues. Most of it has been added features or enhancements. I prefer to get features as soon as they are available, rather than on a set rollout schedule.
To address only two items, as the rest do not merit any response (nor do these two but I feel obliged to educate).
"Scattered resources" - Nothing is scattered. The learn section is EZ-Robot's well written, maintained and evolving learn section which will take you from the basics to the intermediate of robot building with their hardware and software. The other place is the forum, again on EZ-Robot website. Nothing is scattered, everything is easy to find.
"proper release cycle" - Obviously you have not checked through the release notes for any of the updates nor have you seen the topics where users request features or flag up minor bugs.
Educate yourself on the EZ-Robot product, including the community/forum which is a live, evolving user manual. This has worked for hundreds/thousands of users for the past 3+ years.
A further FYI, the book which I mentioned that I started and have considered numerous times would be free issue, would not require a publisher and would not be, in any shape or form, for profit. Much like everything else I have offered here. There are more important things to some people than earning a quick buck (and yes, while I do receive store credit for the 300+ questions answered I still have a fair amount of store credit which will probably remain unspent for a long time).
I dunno Rich, you were the one that said it, not me. You said things change so often they don't warrant written documentation. I'm replying to your claims. Don't be so defensive.
You misunderstand. I never said written documentation is not warranted, I said a book would not be feasible. Two entirely different things.
P.S. It's not being defensive, it's attempting to educate you on what you don't know but think you do... I was not the only one to correct you on the update schedule for ARC.
Argh! See what I mean! I was responding to Rich's baiting me, not directing any criticism T ARC. Actually the vehemency of the responses demonstrates my point, the software IS NOT being fundamentally outdated several times a month. Its not as if all the features would suddenly become irrelevant. If what Rich said was true, then most of y'all probably wouldnt be using EZ-Robot's products.
Forgot how protective forum regulars can get.....wasnt saying anything about EZ-Robot!
Please clarify what you are talking about with the "if what Rich said was true" as I do not believe that a) Anything I have said is untrue and b) anything that I have said, true or not, would imply people would not use EZ-Robot products.