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What's an account good for?

First, you don't need an account to access anything on this site. You can see everything there is to see without one. You only need an account if you want to join our community and contribute something.

Most users join so they can use the robots.net weblog features. Every user of robots.net has their own weblog. You can use it to tell the world about your latest robot project or share links to interesting robot websites you've seen. Each weblog includes an RSS syndication link allowing your blog to be picked up and syndicated to other sites if desired.

robots.net uses a community-based trust metric system in which each user certifies other users. In order to certify others or be certified yourself, you'll need to create an account and include enough information that others will know who you are. Initially, your account will have "Observer" certification and you will be able to post to your weblog immediately. As other users get to know you, they may choose to issue a trust certification at a higher level which will allow you to access additional methods of posting such as discussions of news items.

Relying on the user community to determine who is trusted helps make robots.net self-maintaining and keeps the signal-to-noise ratio of discussions at an acceptable level by eliminating trolls and other trouble makers who frequent discussion sites.

If you'd like to find out more about the trust metric system that is used on robots.net to certify users and the associated certification levels, a detailed description is available.

In the meantime, have fun and keep building robots!

User name:

Passphrase:

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Also, it would be very helpful to get some information about you. These fields are not required but keep in mind that other users are unlikely to certify trust in someone who they don't know.

Your given (first) name:

Your surname (last name):

Surname first?

Your e-mail (will be kept private):

Your homepage:

Notes:
Use this field to tell us a little about yourself and your interest in robots. Have you built any robots? Has your robot been in any competitions? Are you a member of any robotics groups? Are you interested in hardware, software, etc. Providing enough information to assist other users in certifying you is important.

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