Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #08546
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bob Dole panophobic@email.com
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 20:11:35 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Keeping things simple...
it would be nice to incorperate a simple rangfinding device. you could then get rid of the feelers, wich tangle. i like the ideas of ir emitters though. if the ir receivers detect "to high" a reflection they act the same way a feeler would when triggered. this would also assist the flocking behavior. the bots would be drawn twords the ir emitters of other bots until they are too close, then keep thier distance.
by the way, we do have simple depth perception though binocular vision and the focusing of the lens. but im just nitpicking. :)
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> Hehe, that's a good question! What are we arguing for?! :)
>
> jester96beam@iname.com wrote:
> >
> > BTW, WHY exactly do the bots need to know how far away an obstacle is? Am I missing something?
> >
> > Chris
Chris' question is almost exactly what started this whole thing 42+ posts ago. My point was that it's unnecessary to do that, because we don't even do it. Things kinda went nuts from there. We did learn the difference between right-brained (analog) and left-brained (digital) thinking! :)
One last thought: If Anthropomorphism is the humanization of non-human things, what is the non-humanization of human things? Progress?
Richard (Analog Kid)
-Panophobic
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