Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04038
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 09:27:32 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Flathead(as shown in solarbotics)
Eh, after reading the Solarboticss description of Pummers on it's Misc bot
page, I belive they are just small bot's that charge all day, and then begin
to flash a light at night. I think mark T has some semi fancy circuitry
though so that the LED's pulsate instead of just blink. Otherwise, not much
to pummers it seems. They don't even have any motion to them. BEAM art they
are.
Dennison
>Dennison ,
>
>Maybe I should know , but I don't - just what are pummers-did I miss
>something on the list ?
>
>Ed Jones
>sargon@gte.net
>
>
>----------
>> From: Dennison
>> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
>> Subject: Re: Flathead(as shown in solarbotics)
>> Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 3:32 AM
>>
>>
>> Ah, mark was getting fancy on this one. No, I don't think there's any
>> 'emergent behaviors' for this bot. It looks pretty simple and standard if
>> you ask me. Sure there aren't any bicores, but with a little tuning, you
>can
>> run a microcore so fast that you couldn't tell the difference between a
>> bicore bot and microcore. The thing that is kinda fascinating is, what
>about
>> SATURATION? GOt a PNC for that? Who knows, saturated state might be
>utilized
>> here even. Even so, you can build just as fancy bot with bicores.
>>
>> Dennison
>>
>>
>> >Hie,
>> >
>> > I might be wrong but i notice a most of mark T head mechanism uses a
>> >standard HX1.0 board which consist of a microcore .....why did he uses
>> this
>> >instead of our most commonly known bicore which most of us uses for a
>head
>> >mechanism...dave?ian? anyone who has been to his lab and hear his
>> >speech...cause i am experimenting one myself and still i dont know whats
>> the
>> >advantage of using it(emergent behaviour i guess?but who knows , thats
>why
>> i
>> >seek the knowledge from the list)...another i am curious is does anyone
>out
>> >there know whats the measurement of the standard DX1.0 and HX1.0 hextile
>> >board which mark uses in bigfoot and the Bc1 boards..i printed out a few
>> >from the website but later i found that i need to resize them into the
>size
>> >of 5.5cm by 6.3 cm which i thought is quite small.....anyone?
>> >
>> >p/s:dave what are those pummers for and those long cylindrical stuff(i
>hope
>> >i spelled it right..=))thanks a million dave for your spare time
>> >
>> >thanks
>> >jason
>> >
>> >
>> >______________________________________________________
>> >
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