Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01254
To: JVernonM@aol.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Ian Bernstein ian@beam-online.com
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 99 00:39:36 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: plants
>The recent postings about plants got me thinking. What exactly is the
>criteria
>that constitutes building a BEAM plant? Does it have to be in a symbiotic
>relationship with another bot? Is it something that uses a D1 solar
>engine? Is it a symet dressed like a plant? I have made spinning bouquets,
>but I don't think of them as BEAM plants (maybe I should). I have plans
>for a bouquet that spins the blooms individually. Is that a BEAM plant
>then? What if the arrangement includes blinking fiber optic blossoms?
>If it just opens, or blinks, or spins, isn't it still just a symet. Are
>there any examples of other approaches besides the sketch mentioned?
>I hope this isn't an old question, if it is, responses off the list are
>welcome.
As I understand it a BEAM plant just sits there (I guess it could be a
head to) and collects energy via the sun and possibly other sources that
other bots feed off of.
Plant = grass
Bot = cow
The bot uses the plant to get it's energy. I guess that means the bot
wouldn't have a solar cell and would need some kind of
"find-plant-when-I'm-running-low-on-juice" circuit.
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Ian Bernstein "aka - Synet" The Master Builder
E-Mail - Ian@beam-online.com
BEAM Online - http://www.beam-online.com
Quote - A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell
the word you thought of first
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