Posting Date: June 27, 2002

Human-Robot Interaction for Multiple Heterogeneous Robots -- "A Graphical User Interface (GUI) has been developed to enable the operation of multiple complex field robots. The interaction mechanism was inspired by interface techniques refined in the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) genre of video games that includes the popular titles Starcraft, Command & Conquer, and Strifeshadow."

Reader Comments...

Questions: When I pull quotes from a source, do I need to include the in-line links? Why? Why not? Are there any ethical issues here?

Posted by: John S. Rhodes on June 27, 2002 07:13 AM

No.

Easy reason:
Because you're using them only for providing an intro to the article. If people are interested enough to follow that link back to the original article, they'll see the inline links there.

Usability-related reason:
You're trying to point the reader to a specific article. Why provide a chance for distraction and confusion by providing links to *other* things? Now go back and read reason 1.

Posted by: MadMan on June 28, 2002 03:59 PM

I feel much better...my mind is at ease.

Posted by: John S. Rhodes on June 28, 2002 04:26 PM

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