Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02349
To: beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Richard Piotter richfile@rconnect.com
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 23:37:02 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: CPU again? (was Beam genome)
I think I'm going to do this with my spyder frame. Such a quality frame
deserves to be reusable!
Bob Shannon wrote:
> > > I feel that the ability to 'transplant' sets of behaviors and directly
> > > compare them in a common body.
> > >
> > > The common body eliminates a lot of variables while permiting a direct
> > > evaluation of different sets of behaviors. This would greatly
> > > accelerate
> > > behavioral development and robot evolution.
> > >
> > That's exactly my point. The common body would give some kind of platform to
> > test and improve both the brain and the body.
>
> Wow, thats a good point I'd overlooked!
>
> With a standard body, new mechanical designs with the same control
> system could
> be evaluated to directly test their relative performance.
Richard Piotter
richfile@rconnect.com
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