i’m sure the commenters on digg and slashdot “love” their sites too, but that doesn’t mean the comments are constructive or in any way encouraging.

so consider my comments feedback on your feedback.

While I don’t agree with the people making comments about the people in the video, I can see where they are coming from. As you said he didn’t know he was being filmed so that could explain the sparse details. I’m sure if he did a formal presentation it would be much better.

I for one would like to apologize on behalf of hackaday commentors. Recently they have gone downhill but I hope great minds do not stray away from the site because of the opinion of a small few. There are many more, less vocal people, that enjoy the site and it’s contributors.

“the woman asking the questions is ANNOYING!”

ladyada, engineer…

“She asks “is it automated?” – now, what kind of question is that? She’s the reason I did not watch the entire video.”

perhaps the most asked question while i was there filming it as others stopped in…

but just to recap, you didn’t watch the video, follow the links or do anything at all to better understand the project yet you demand the hackaday team to only have polished projects here? perhaps things changed from when i started the site, but the point is to -not- have polished projects… for that, check out the iphone or the latest gadget from sony, those are pretty polished… “fair game” indeed…

I think the regulars here feel that any project featured here is fair game for critique in both technical aspects and for PRESENTATION.

if i were a moderator i’d jump in and help make the conversations more constructive – it’s a shame, i started this site and the comments are comparable to digg and slashdot. so for the most part, this all pretty toxic, sad and for the regulars here that have brought the site down… it’s never too late to change for the better, but it will take a lot of work if you’d like to make the site the best it could be.

disclosure: i shot the 90 second video so it would fit on flickr – the photos and the post on adafruit talk more about the project. peter will have some other items including longer videos soon too. i was the founder of hackaday – now senior editor at MAKE and work with adafruit (ladyada) on projects…

Despite the annoying questions and comments of the chick, this is the most useless demo I’ve ever seen. It does not show what the robot does. He goes “Yeah we have relays, arduino, 24V relays here, some more stuff here”
Dude we know you have relays, controllers, actuators, what does the damn thing do man?

“ummmm”

so if someone here had a technical question, id be able answer it. you could even email peter and i’m sure he’d be happy to share how he built a 10×2′ steel xy gantry using bike chain, laser-cut MDF, windshieldwiper motors and trashfound parts.

but teasing peter because he’s a shy (but brilliant!) roboticist is really immature and i’m really disappointed in both hack-a-day and the site moderators. whats next? making fun of people because of the way they look? stop pissing on everything, and start asking detailed technical questions. you’ll find people more willing to share what they know.