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Message #05623
To: "beam@sgiblab.sgi.com" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Dan Larson" dlarson@citilink.com
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:54:31 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Candle bots
But then once the robot got there it wouldn't be the darkest
part of the room any more, the side that the robot just came
from would be the new dark spot. The robot would just go
back and forth, or worse yet, wander aimlessly because the
location of the darkest spot is constantly moving. The
result is a feedback loop between the robots behavior
and its sensory input. Not necessarily a bad thing
if your actual goal isn't to just light the darkest spot.
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999 20:40:05 EDT, Ripter01@aol.com wrote:
>I had an idea, I don't know if this has ever been tryed before or not but
>what do you people think of a bot that was candle powered instead of solar
>powered? It could search out the darkest parts in the room and bring light
>:) I just thought i could get feed back on this idea
>Tell me what ya think
>-Ripter
>
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