Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02644
To: Jakub Pietracha whraven@free.com.pl
From: "Jesse D." smokin@n-link.com
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 19:43:25 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: BEAM environment.
This is a project that has been discused on this list for a long time, i
believe some have already built working ecosystems.. they use a small
box lined with aluminum foil creating 2 connections, one on the roof and
one on the floor. The bots have arms that reach to the roof much like
bumber cars use, and a terminal that touches the floor. The box has a
light inside it which attracts the bots, once they are inside, the
terminals make contact and the bot stops and charges its batteries.
Jakub Pietracha wrote:
>
> Last night I had a wision: a BEAM "plant" and BEAM bots feeding on it.
> The BEAM "plant" - something resambling the Green Thumb equiped with
> big solar cels and capacitors produces and stores power and diferent
> "species" of BEAM robos feed on it. Finding the plant is quite easily
> solvable (perhaps an IR LED on the "plant" and BEAM robots equiped
> with the instinct of IR-throphizm instead of photo-thropizm) but
> geting the power from the "plant" to the robot's is the problem. I
> thought of some kind of electrical contacts but the "plant" must serve
> several types of bots. Does anyone have any sugestions on solving the
> problem?
>
> The construction of the robot must be also modified:
> - it has to store more power (maby an acumulator instead of a
> capacitor, or radical cut on the power consumption);
> - it can't just stay near the plant and just feed (maybe some kind of
> explore and hunger instincts). The hunger instinct could be a voltage
> detector - when the voltage drops below some point the hunger instinct
> overrides the explore instinct.
>
> This type of environment could be an interesting place to observe.
> Just imagine a turbot cravling twards the plant and "kiling" other
> bots just to get "food".
>
> Jakub Pietracha
> whraven@free.com.pl
>
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