If you want to put your robot on the Web I recommend you take a look at some interactive devices on the Internet. A good first stop is the University of Ulm’s model railroad. When you visit their Web site, you are entered into a queue of people who may issue a command to one of two Schnell Zugs and / or leave a message to the other operators. Second, issue your command (by clicking on a train and a destination) and sit back to wait. Eventually, your turn will come, your command will move the train, and your message will be seen by all those in the queue. Be advised that this site easily gets thousands of hits each day, and a new user logs in every minute or so.

I found that I had to manually click REFRESH / RELOAD on my browser to see the train move. The designers have thoughtfully included a clock sitting next to the diarama. Cool. It’s not Disneyland, but the site is worth a look, especially for those who want to set up their own interactive Internet site.

When you exit KrisTech Robot Magazine, go through our LINKS Page to visit Germany’s Internet model railroad.