Goals of RIWeb

The RI web site has been designed to present a complete and current listing of the people, research, and publications associated with the Robotics Institute. Additionally, the site serves to inform Internet visitors of the Institute's educational programs and current activities.

Specific goals of the site design:

• Continuous and easy maintenance - Keep the information on the site up to date. Continuously maintain the information through periodic updates.
• Researchers research Remove the burden of web page design from individual researchers. Members of RI no longer need to spend time developing web pages for their labs and projects simply to make their research visible on the Internet. Researchers should do research, not web design (unless they want to).
• Multiple views The information on the site should be accessible in many ways. Someone with no idea of what research takes place at the RI should be able to find projects in which they are interested. People who know exactly what they are looking for should be able to access it quickly.
• Consistent interface The RIWeb maintains a consistent interface throughout the site. Once users understand the basic layout of the site, navigation is simple and intuitive. The information you want is right where you would expect it to be.
• Fast viewing The pages are designed to load quickly. If you are using a slow link, most of the site is duplicated in a text-only form that is even faster. We don't waste your time with useless animated gifs and java applets.

The RIWeb development team

• Daniel Huber - concept, design, database interface, system administration, and scripts
• Kenneth Mohnkern - web page design, data collection (labs and projects)
• Alan Guisewite - data collection (labs, projects, and people)
• Sayaka Kanade - data collection (publications)
• Sal Desiano - system administration
• Debbie Zalewski - use of the Human Resources DRIVE database for automatically updating contact info