Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #08314
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bruce Robinson Bruce_Robinson@telus.net
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 22:05:13 -0800
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: BEAM Flocking (HPV)
> Richard Caudle wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> Wilf brought up something interesting the other day and IMHO
> is warrants discourse: Photovore Flocking.
>
> Migrating geese use a kind of location sound when flying in
> formation. AFAIK, it's just an "I'm here!" kind of thing. It should
> be relatively easy to build this kind of thing into a fairly
> un-complicated Photovore. My thinking is that there has to be a good
> BEAMish solution.
>
> There needs to be a number of systems to the Herd PhotoVore (HPV).
>
> 1. Battery Power with solar charging capabilities!
> 2. Auditory sensors (for positive audiotropism)
> 3. Vocalization
> 4. Locomotion ('natch)
> 5. Vision (for positive phototropism)
> 6. Collision avoidance (feelers)
For a jump start on sound capabilities, check out Steve Bolt's "Spider"
at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbolt/e-spider.html
Steve incorporates vision, sound and IR "radar" for his sensors. Lot's
of detail, circuits, etc. As he uses programable hardware, you may want
to adapt his ideas to BEAM (analog) technology.
Bruce
8315 Fri, 17 Dec 1999 01:42:07 -0500 Re: BEAM Flocking (HPV) beam@sgiblab.sgi.com owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com]On
> Richard Caudle wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> Wilf brought up something interesting the other day and IMHO
> is warrants discourse: Photovore Flocking.
>
> Migrating geese use a kind of location sound when flying in
> formation. AFAIK, it's just an "I'm here!" kind of thing. It should
> be relatively easy to build this kind of thing into a fairly
> un-complicated Photovore. My thinking is that there has to be a good
> BEAMish solution.
>
> There needs to be a number of systems to the Herd PhotoVore (HPV).
>
> 1. Battery Power with solar charging capabilities!
> 2. Auditory sensors (for positive audiotropism)
> 3. Vocalization
> 4. Locomotion ('natch)
> 5. Vision (for positive phototropism)
> 6. Collision avoidance (feelers)
For a jump start on sound capabilities, check out Steve Bolt's "Spider"
at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbolt/e-spider.html
Steve incorporates vision, sound and IR "radar" for his sensors. Lot's
of detail, circuits, etc. As he uses programable hardware, you may want
to adapt his ideas to BEAM (analog) technology.
Bruce
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