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Message #04117



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 18:52:52 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: symet with head?


On Mon, 31 May 1999, Richard Piotter wrote:

> Very possible. Infact, some VERY old robots called "Turtles" were built
> that could seek light and they used a rotating steering wheel setup and
> a drive wheel. I can never remember who made it though. I know others do.

Grey Walter. His Turtles did *much* more than seek light though.

Linkname: walter
URL: http://www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/walter.htm

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