Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00015
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: RoboDR@aol.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 21:59:21 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] A question and an idea
The question:
Is there a neuron or a group of neurons that can trigger only when an abrupt
change in voltage occurs. For example, if the input of the circut fluctuated
randomly between 0 and 5 volts. Is there a circut that would ignor the slow
transitions in voltage but when an abrupt change occurs it triggers?
The idea
I'm sure I'm not the first one to consider this but I havent seen it on any
web sites. Anyway, a thing that would, in my oppinion, greatly improve the
abilities of robots would be a form of communication. I think a possibility
for communication would be a set of Nv Neurons. Each neuron would have a
different delay. All these neurons would be tied to an output device such as
an IR LED or a speaker. Each Neuron would represent a different idea to be
expressed, such as "danger". On the reciving end there would be an input
device that would correspond to the output device. The input would be attached
to several Nu neurons tied together. These neurons would filter out the pulse
to determine what is being said. The robot would then decide what to do.
Please tell me what you think of this Idea.
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