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Message #06788
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Kristopher R. Kane KrKGL@modempool.com
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 18:48:20 -0500
Subject: Re: Radio Communications?
> MIT did this, hmm, I would say last spring, using small "ant" robots.
They
> could send and receive IR signals to each other for detecting food. The
> sending and receiving had a 12 inch radius though.
>
> Kris Kane
>
> "Phillip A. Ryals" wrote:
>
> > Interesting idea.. kinda like bugs and their pheromones. When one is
hurt,
> > it releases a pheromone and it's either a call for help or a danger call
to
> > run away.
> >
> > Sounds hard.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris <123abc@chek.com>
> > To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
> > Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 9:56 PM
> > Subject: Radio Communications?
> >
> > > Ok, I know this is a lttle far-fetched but, I'm going to say this
> > anyway. Wouldn't it be great if we could some how make some kind of
radio
> > transmitter and reciever on 2 robots (each has both), and one robot
would
> > come across some obsticle or something (hit a wall, anything you can
think
> > of), and then it would transmit a certain tone in acordance with what
ever
> > is needed, then the other robot would recieve this, play it on a tiny
> > speaker (or something, it should work like a telephone beep), identify
the
> > tone and respond accordingly.
> > >
> > > I know that sounded hard (and probably impossible), but it would
be a
> > great research and engineering project. e-mail me if you think this
would
> > be a great project.
> > >
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>
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