Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02311
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:16:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: CPU again? (was Beam genome)
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Bob Shannon wrote:
> > >Of course we would also have to have competitions, to test which sets of
> > >behaviors were superior to other sets. Identical platforms with
> > >different behavior sets could be placed into an arena (not a park) and
> > >observed. Simple timed trials common in animal behavior experiments
> > >could be used similar to the firefighting contests.
>
> True, but if each hard-wired controller is in a unique body, we
> cannot easily know how much of a given robots behavior is due to
> the controller, and how much is due to the body.
>
> I feel that the ability to 'transplant' sets of behaviors and directly
> compare them in a common body.
But the main weak points of the current robot generation are
- Inadequate mechanics
- Inadequate sensors
So imho one might define the arena for competition, but progress
would be very constrained if only standard hardware is allowed to
compete.
Best,
Steve
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