Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05131
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Chiu-Yuan Fang chiumanfu@home.com
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 13:36:44 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: What does purposeful mean, anyway?
Horses at one time all roamed wild. Man discovered their usefulness, attached
saddles and now they serve a purpose.
If you can build your robot to survive in the wild, all you have to do is attach
components to allow it to do a job in the wild.
Chiu
JVernonM@aol.com wrote:
> whether it's a HAL 9000 or Robby the Robot. I have wondered what we really
> need with "wild" robots. What is the reason or goal of such an effort? Surely
> to please our own egos, so we're back to square one. Truth is, we should
> probably concentrate on tasks and goals and build accordingly. Creating a
> wild bug to roam around in the woods is a cool idea, but I see no real
> purpose for it. Furthermore, it wastes a lot of energy making something with
> no practical use. This, I think, is a major flaw in Tilden's philosophy. In
> my opinion, he has the cart before the horse. Practical robotics will lead to
> living machines, not the other way around.
> Jim
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