How to Upload Videos to the Choitek Forum

mufasa 2016-11-01 01:19:01 UTC #1

Hey, I was wondering how to upload a video to the Choitek forum because after trying to use the upload button in the reply window it told me that I could only upload pictures such as .jpeg and .png

johnchoi 2016-11-01 04:47:17 UTC #2

You could upload a video through Vimeo or Youtube and then post the link to make it show up on the forum. (Example here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-embed-youtube-and-other-videos/5623)

Also, just curious, how has your team decided to divide up the learning so far?

Specifically, if I may ask, how many folks are working on programming, and how many folks are doing CAD gripper design? And finally, what kind of task did your team decide it wanted to make the robot do over the course of the year?

Thanks again,
John Choi

mufasa 2016-11-01 19:07:58 UTC #3

Our administrator never asked us those specific questions so I am going to have to tell them that those are the objectives for the year. So the answer is I don't know who wants to program and who wants to do CAD and but there are about 10 people in the CMU Robotics Club. Additionally we haven't talked about the final goal that we want the robot to accomplish.

johnchoi 2016-11-01 23:45:54 UTC #4

Ah, I see. Ideally, we want the folks at the Robotics Club to work together to make the robot perform some kind of task, whether it be artistic or utilitarian. Please share the following information with the rest of your team:

Here is a list of stuff we got the robot to do last year for inspiration:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Multipurpose-Mobile-Manipulator-Mk-1/step70/Current-List-of-Capabilities/

And here is a sample timeline of how this can be implemented:
http://www.choitek.com/14-week-timeline.html

I've also received word that the "Doctor Who" club may be interested in a collaborative project with the Robotics Club, using the robot as a movie actor playing a Dalek.

With that being said, I've noticed that 5 is actually a very good team size.
As you have 10 people, one team of five can get the robot to do a utilitarian task (such as feeding Goldfish), and another team of 5 can use the robot as a movie actor, decorating it and modifying it to look like a Dalek facing off against a guy in a Doctor Who costume.

Ultimately, what your team decides to do is up to your team, but these are great starting points