Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02387
To: Bram.A.A.vanZoelen@is.shell.com
From: JVernonM@aol.com
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 05:39:44 EDT
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Beam genome
In a message dated 4/16/99 4:59:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Bram.A.A.vanZoelen@is.shell.com writes:
>
> If i build a bot is set a goal that i want to achive. To prevent myself a
> disappointment i don't put the goals to high. Like i want to build a walker
> that walks and can backup [not turning or fancy sensors] If i succeed then
> the bot is a perfect finished project for me. It matched my goals
completly,
> even if it can't turn. Goals that i set are also things like a learning
> platform. See how it works and behave. If i can do better after this
> experiment then even this the bot was a success for me.
>
> I don't think that - 'that bot is better then this bot' - idea is right.
Our
> bots aren't build in mass-production. Everyone of them is a unique creation
> with its flaws and flavours.
Hello Bram,
Yes, I think that's what we all do. But, we then set the next goal and the
next. Each bot gets better and more complex. An archive of your journey could
help me on mine. As to comparing bots. I think we were discussing comparing
common body/brain bots to compare performance as a means of furthering the
species. A collective, systematic approach to robotic evolution. Not who's
better than who. It would actually be a small scale mass production for
testing purposes set as a competition. I think there is enough talent out
here to produce something more than unique prototypes.
Jim
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