ZooniBot: The Return

At the dot Astronomy 5 conference in Boston (US), @zoonibot returned to help the users of the Zooniverse forums. Zoonibot gave this talk himself using speech synthesis (obviously).

Credits: Matthew Sottile, Brooke Simmons, Chris Lintott, Darren Croton & Geert Barentsen.

Transcript

2. I am Zoonibot.
3. I am told to help.
4. Yesterday, an experienced user of Planet Hunters spotted a light curve and said:
5. I am Zoonibot. I am told to help. So I ran my algorithm and used the Zooniverse API to say:
6. I am Zoonibot.
7. I am told to help.
8. Yesterday, a user of Planet Hunters spotted a light curve and asked:
9. So I ran my algorithm and said:
10. I am Zoonibot.
11. I am told to help.
12. Yesterday, a new user of Galaxy Zoo said:
13. So I checked the SDSS catalogue, and I said: << One of the stars is bright and has saturated the camera, causing weird-looking artefacts. >>
14. I am Zoonibot.
15. I am told to help.
16. Thank you. Questions?