Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #08531
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Richard Caudle richard@cqc.com
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:06:14 +0800
Subject: Re: Lets Hypothesise...
> >
> > Trust me....knowing the exact distance between two robots in different
> > mediums can make the difference between a flock of robots that can move
> > around as a group and look cool, and a cluster of robots that can
> > perform scientific calculations and data gathering.
> >
>
> If you're looking to do things like temprature monitoring or weather
> forecasting, then you have to know where you are in relation to your
brother
> 'bots. I will concede that point. If you're mowing the lawn with a dozen
> clipperbots, then all they have to know is if there's another bot or
person
> in the way.
>
> BTW, the whole purpose of this discussion is to do something more than
look
> cool.
>
> Richard, the Steadfast
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