05177 [alt-beam] Re: What does purposeful mean, anyway?

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Message #05177

To: "'beam@sgiblab.sgi.com'" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Van Zoelen, Bram AA SSI-TSEA-352" Bram.A.A.vanZoelen@is.shell.com
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:47:11 +0200
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: What does purposeful mean, anyway?

If a robot is capable of doing a thing like this then is could also take my
mail with it. ! It this a valid purpose for you?

Bram
http://www.xs4all.nl/~vsim

> ----------
> From: JVernonM@aol.com[SMTP:JVernonM@aol.com]
> Reply To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 12:25 AM
> To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> Subject: Re: What does purposeful mean, anyway?
>
> In a message dated 7/8/99 3:53:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> beamtastic@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > The robot is told to go from point A to
> > point B. The robot takes this instruction and proceeds to go from point
> > A to B on it's own, without needing a human operator babysitting it's
> > every move, because it knows how to take care of itself, and navigate
> > the terrain..
> AND? Going from one place to another is not much of a purpose.
> Jim
>

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