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From: michael.hirtle@ns.sympatico.ca (Michael Hirtle)
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 22:24:00 -0300
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Radio Communications?


I think what the person that was saying u would have to use a microcontroler
ment that it would be much easyer and take up less space then the alternitives.

James Wilson wrote:

> Yes a colony could be built using a microprocessor but then it would not be
> a true colony. In an bee hive the bees use scent to find and protect their
> queen, the queen does not wave her scepter and command her drones no they
> have a predetermined function. Bor a beam hive the queen would not be
> mobile but would instead emmit an ir signal that would attract drones to her
> why so they could feed her(may be a good use for the chloroplast engine eh?)
> The drones would spend thier existance collecting food (be repelled by the
> queen) and when they had filled their "pouch" they would be attracted to the
> queen. One could also build a honecomb of caps to which the drones would
> fill once the queen was full. The comb would have to emmit a signal like
> the queen's to make it work. Simply put one does not require a
> microcontroller to add complex behaviour to their bots. Ther was a thread
> about a week ago about one of Tilden's bots that had more than one bi-core
> board I think the count was 6, different more complex behaviour may be what
> Tilden was after. We have already seen that a bot can be prey, preditor,
> hungry and satiated courtesy Craig ant the Cybug. I have yet to read of any
> one incorporating these behaviours into a group of bots. In stead of trying
> to build a hive why not let the bots build it for us? Defence mechanisims
> could be implemented by hsing major henry coils and permanent magnets. When
> the prey bot senses the predator bot it must make a descision based on its
> energy stores 1. Flee 2. Stop and fight and 3. if traped can't 1 so 2.
> Using comparitors and a clever arangement of caps and se's this would be
> 100% possible with out a microcontroller.
>
> I may seem to be ranting and that is because when ever and I don't mean just
> on this list some one offers up a theory or Idea the majority of the
> population is to lazy to embrace it and will just cast it off saying "Nope,
> can't be done."
>
> The purpose of this list is to discuss ideas not to eliminate them because
> of our own narrow mindedness. This is the ideal place for innovation to
> occur, Ian offers up his web site as a source of information and shares his
> new work with us, Wilf sends us new and cool circuits for our enjoyment.
> What I'm getting at is we each have our strengths and have the oportunity to
> compliment each other so why do we insist on tearing each other down?
>
> James :-((
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris <123abc@chek.com>
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 4:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Radio Communications?
>
> > No doubt this will probably be expensive. A sort of BEAMant colony could
> be built. Make a caste system, with workers a queen, maids, anything. I
> suggest that we could have each robot have a number ID or something that
> would be just a series of different tones (like your telephone numbers) and
> when a specific task is needed the "boss" could call up that number then the
> corresponding robot would follow the commands givien. That would probably
> have to have some kind of processor but it was just a thought.
> >
> > On the above ID number it might be easier to have certain robots oon a
> certain frequency and have one main frequency for other things.
> >
> > This would be a hard and probably expensive project, but it would be well
> worth the effort.
> >
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