http://www.webtruck.org/forum/feed_rss?section=latestWebTruck is a site for internet based robitics and camsFri, 18 May 2012 07:17:12 GMTPyRSS2Gen-0.1.1http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=447WebTruck receives strange emails some times. While spam is expected, the following requests look rather strange: Order 2012-02-07 Hello Good Day, My Name is Micheal N____ And am Calling to know if you Sell CAT Dump Truck in stock for sell can you let me know the sizes and the pickup prices for one without shipping and add Tax on the prices so that i can know how many to Order from your company...Looking forward to hear from you.. Best Regard Micheal & Wife Co No, we don't have any Dump Trucks in stock, and the one there is not for sale ORDER REQUEST 2012-02-22 Hello Good Day, This is John M_____ With regards to your Company i am sending this email Regards to order some (Tilt Truck),i will like to know the type and sizes you have in stock and get me the sales price of one so that i will tell you the quantity i will be ordering, and if you accept credit card as a form of payment..hope to read from you soon about my order request...... With Kind Regards. John This is strange: while formatting and words are similar, it still does not like an automatic email. Are buyers spamming potential truck dealers? Shall I go into the truck business? What do you think about this?http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=447Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:32:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=445I did a kernel upgrade on Saturday. When the server rebooted with the new kernel fine I did not expect any problems and did not test much. Today I noticed that the truck has not been moving since Saturday - very unusual. The move commands did not go through to the hardware. First I expected a hardware problem - after all the parts used are ~13 years old. Later I found out that with the server upgrade, support for the parallel port was not loaded. Adding the lp module to this OpenSUSE 11.4 server solved the problem. Testing revealed that the truck is reversing much too fast, unloading all blocks before moving them up to the tipper. I changed the script to reverse slower -> loading the truck should now be easier than before.http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=445Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:43:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=444Construction on the empty lot has started on march 21st 2011. I have added a few features to this site to document the changes. - Aerial Panorama of the area before construction started (360°/180°), taken with the MikroKopter - Improved daily panorama with a 304°/50° view from TrackCam - Daily Construction Area image, 4800x1500 with Flash Viewer All images were stitched with Hugin, the flash viewer used is krpano. http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=444Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:17:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=430I have been building a Pitts Special biplane for several years now and it is ready for flight except for I have yet to purchase a license to fly it. The plane is a Herr brand Pitts Special which is designed originally for a .061-.074 engine, however later revisions were made to power it with a 0.010-0.015 engine. I opted for the OS 0.010 LA Blue engine which will more than over power the small 30" wing span. I am fearful of my first flight being as I have never even flown a trainer before. I would like to have someone fly it for me honestly for the first flight at least. What does everyone think? Will I be able to equip this plane with a small camera (still or video) or is it simply too small?http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=430Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:17:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=425having bought the kit for the MikroKopter more than a year ago, I finally found time to work on it a bit more. Today I checked my work so far: - all motors are working fine - communication to the computer works See short video of the testshttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=425Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:13:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=428During this week I have fixed two WebTruck Services which have been broken for quite a while due to an OS upgrade: - Chat reporter is active again. He logs activities on webtruck.org in the chat. - Audio While audio from the WebTruck room was always working, the robot voice was silent for a long time. Now it's talking again and can be heard here Of course the audio is lagging and when the air condition is on you can't hear the voice very well... http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=428Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:34:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=21Hi sse I was Thinking that about an helicopter insted of an plane http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=21Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:15:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=424find your plane wherever it goes http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=424Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:40:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=423Wrote a Plugin for AbelCam to support the Rovio This Plugin offers a simplified interface for the Rovio which requires much less bandwidth than the web interface that comes with the rovio. With AbelCam it's possible to support multiple cameras and not only offer the Rovios builtin camera but more overview with additional cameras. If you're lucky, my Rovio Test Setup is online and can be found in AbelCams public camera list http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=423Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:10:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=10The current green truck has been online in various implementations since 1998: the hardware as well as the software has been the same all the time. Now I want to upgrade hard and software to somehing up to current standards. As I don't want to interrupt the current setup for the new version, I started with getting a new truck: WebTruckNG Of course time and financial constraints will keep me from implementing this within a short time. There is no hurry. I also have something else up my sleeve - more about that later. If you have good ideas for more features and realistic proposals how to implement them this is the time and the thread to bring them forward.http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=10Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:29:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=420Hi guys! Where's Coop? I remember there was a Coop near from the train station... http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=420Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:27:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=414hi sse how did you build the snap shoot thing for the track cam http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=414Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:48:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=12I have a new device which is a candidate to go online: a RobotArm. See pictures of the device while we build it together and test The device has 5 DC motors (gripper, wrist, elbow, shoulder and base), but no electric feedback about position. The crane had just 3 DC motors and the same non existant feedback - which lead to its end... I still consider putting this online, maybe detecting the output current could prevent damage. http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=12Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:23:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=397Hey hows it going?http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=397Thu, 08 May 2008 13:57:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=409In the last two weeks three buildings south of TrackCam have been removed - two more will have to go. Over the next few years you will see a construction of a 30'000 m2 building. On the panoramic shots you can see what buildings were there in the past.http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=409Tue, 06 May 2008 17:13:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=408BoxCam has been a full blown W2K computer serving only one Logitech 3000 cam. Today I replaced it with a Axis 2100 network camera. The cam position is not good yet, as it is too high and shows more than just the box. I hope the improved picture quality will make up for the somewhat smaller target area.http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=408Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:28:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=406You might know that you can take snapshots on TrackCam. After taking the snapshot, you can edit it's properties. One option is to create a timed snapshot - you can set date and time when to repeat a shot from that cam position. For a long time that option was broken - I fixed it this morning. Now you can take snapshots again when you're not even using the cam. http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=406Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:17:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=398I published two time lapses of the Office Move They show pictures taken both in the old and the new office sorted by time Look herehttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=398Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:16:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=404Once more bandwidth for www.dyn.webtruck.org has been upgraded. Now you should get up to 2.5Mbps from that server. Server www.webtruck.org runs on a 1.2Mbps wire. Many of the big, static files (images, videos) are served from nine.webtruck.org. That server is hosted in a major internet exchange in Switzerland and has a 100Mbps connection to the internet - no bottleneck on my end http://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=404Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:13:00 GMThttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=394On my last two trips to the Channel Islands and Canada I had the GPS on during the flight. I tracked the images I took during the flights on Google Earth. See how Real Earth compares to Google Earth Flight path included for flight from Toronto back to Switzerlandhttp://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=394Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:15:00 GMT