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Message #02647
To: Jakub Pietracha whraven@free.com.pl
From: "George Rix" rix.g@bmts.com
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 03:23:11 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: BEAM environment.
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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 BEA=
M
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-throphiz=
m
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".
This sort of project has been dreamed and discussed no end by many on the
list, yours truly included. Unfortunately, to my knowledge no one ever did
it. This is pretty much my idea to the letter, even the IR LED on the plant
and so forth. I would be willing to help you in any way I could if you were
set to build it, though.
Signing off,
Rob Rix
P.S. If you were wondering why I haven't done it, there are two simple
reasons:
1) I procrastinate alot (ma=C3=B1ana, ma=C3=B1ana) and
2) I don't have all the resources. I need money, for instance, and a fair
bit of it.
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Re: BEAM environment.
Last night I had a wision: a BEAM "plant" and BE=
AM bots feeding on it. The BEAM "plant" - something resambling th=
e Green Thumb equiped with big solar cels and capacitors produces and store=
s power and diferent "species" of BEAM robos feed on it. Finding =
the plant is quite easily solvable (perhaps an IR LED on the "plant&qu=
ot; and BEAM robots equiped with the instinct of IR-throphizm instead of ph=
oto-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 &qu=
ot;plant" must serve several types of bots. Does anyone have any suges=
tions 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 explo=
re 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&q=
uot; other bots just to get "food".
This sort of project has been dreamed and discussed no end by many o=
n the list, yours truly included. Unfortunately, to my knowledge no one eve=
r did it. This is pretty much my idea to the letter, even the IR LED on the=
plant and so forth. I would be willing to help you in any way I could if y=
ou were set to build it, though.
Signing off,
Rob Rix
P.S. If you were wondering why I haven't done it, there are two simple reas=
ons:
1) I procrastinate alot (ma=C3=B1ana, ma=C3=B1ana) and
2) I don't have all the resources. I need money, for instance, and a fair b=
it of it.
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2648 Mon, 26 Apr 1999 06:25:47 PDT [alt-beam] eye multiplexer beam@corp.sgi.com "NSX -" hie i would like to know whats the eye multiplaxer in chiu fang
website
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/6897/mail3.html
thats in the influential mail section number three...i would like to
know more bout its operation and how i could modufy /advaced it and
how could i interface it into my walkers.....thanks
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