Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #04224
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Don Papp donp@cronus.oanet.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:51:14 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: BEAM forcefield....
I think there is some interesting applications out there for this
idea. Magnets/coils could be used to mark 'forbidden' areas that would
not otherwise be visible to a bot's limited senses.
I am going to experiment with placing a tablet-style magnet on the
bottom of a photovore and place an (opposing pole up) magnet underneath
the plastic 'floor' it runs on. The idea is to see if the photovore
avoids the 'forbidden' zone (marked in some way to be visible to humans
for testing purposes) despite light being purposefully placed to lure it
into the zone.
Perhaps I could try replacing the feelers with hall effect
sensors, so being near a magnetic field would trip them and produce the
same effect as having bumped into something. That would be easier to
implement in some ways.
Used in conjunction with touch sensors, beam bots could therefore
avoid high-traffic areas (marked by magnets) or even cavort away in a
wall-less RJP. Until they learn to FEED ON FLESH.
| Donald Papp, T.T., MCP
| Support Analyst
| OA Internet Inc.
| don@oa.net
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