Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03522
To: Jean auBois aubois@trail.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 08:35:52 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Evolution Comparison
I had made a quick fix type robot vacume that was really cute. It had a
revolving brush mechanism on the front. Bicore beam of course, but the
roller mechanism broke pretty quick so I never worked much on it again.
Although I may again soon. With beam and Vacuming there really are a quite a
few things to over come, like who just wants to vacume the floor where the
light shines?
Dennison
>At 5:23 AM -0000 5/22/99, Hendrickson wrote:
>:...Robotic dogs and vacuums are cool to some of us, but mainstream
>:society won't be flocking to by them when they come out.
>
>Speaking of robotic vacuums, if I remember correctly, Mr. Tilden's two
>major complaints about the one he built were (a) his cat could make it
>think that the entire world was about 2 square feet (sounds like a
>programming problem to me) and -- more importantly -- (b) it picked up
>things it shouldn't have.
>
>BEAM technology, as such, has been in existence for quite a few years now.
>Precisely how has it improved the automagic vacuum cleaner problem?
>
>
>It hasn't? Didn't think so. When is BEAM going to solve some of the
>-real- problems then?
>
>:I doubt many people will spend $375 for a vacuum when a $150 one will do.
>
>$375??? Give me a break!!! You
>
>
>
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