Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03714
To: beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Chiu-Yuan Fang chiumanfu@home.com
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:40:13 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: BEAM and machine evolution
Bob Shannon wrote:
> If it were really about evolution, more people would be building Sun Eaters
> rather than FLED solar engines.
I guess you don't really realize it but the Suneater SE's are being used more.
Only newbies start with the FLED SE because it only has 6 components that can
all be found at the local radio shack.
> > The flow goes on, but out of that flow is accumulating a body of
> > knowledge. Even though people may leave the BEAM community, they leave
> > behind a legacy of ideas and visions.
>
> If this is true then BEAM evolution is moving at a snails pace as compared
> to
> 'conventional' hobby robotics, based on the number of new and interesting
> designs
> and web sites out there.
Show me a "conventional hobby robotics" site that has something other than a uP
controlled platform with two wheels, polaroid sonar, IR OA, and bump sensors.
Unless your also including the educational institute web sites out there, they
are all mostly the same.
--
Chiu-Yuan Fang
chiumanfu@home.com
ICQ=5614919
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/6897/beam2.html
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