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Message #08552



To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Thomas Pilgaard Nielsen ascii@hum.auc.dk
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:57:39 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Head circuits


"Phillip A. Ryals" wrote:

> Quite right Thomas!
>
> Maybe it's me, but I want my robot to do *something* else. It just see=
ms
> like going toward the light has been done to the point of ironing out a=
ny
> wrinkles. Now maybe we should go on to more advanced behavior.

I agree. Though there I find theres a beauty to the photovore by thinking=
of it
as autopoietic. It is completely selfcontained and self-sufficient. It's =
only
purpose is to optimize it's conditions according to the environment in or=
der to
optimize it's conditions according to it's environment etc. etc.

I find your suggestion very interesting though. One thing I found interes=
ting
were Tildens hexapods - the ones that vere able to join up. The idea of "=
cells"
that join up to a larger organism with emergent properties and behaviour =
seems
neat. Would it be possible to make up some mechanism that would join the
individuals - not just by linking them together by magnets - but to make =
them
share their individual capacity - sorta like a joining of brains or the l=
ikes.

Cheers and merry christmas

Thomas

> Even if it's just seeking out a different target...
>
> I'm thinking of a robot that is maybe attracted to a becon on another b=
ot.
> That way, it's always moving. Maybe one bot is attracted to the other,=
and
> the other is repelled? Anyway, the whole time one could be chasing the
> other, and the other is always running away. That seems like a neat li=
ttle
> project. But then put the light seeking solar cells on each one for po=
wer.
> Now they have even more to do.
>
> That seems like a lot more fun to watch than just an ordinary photovore.
>
> Or am I alone?
>
> Phillip
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas Pilgaard Nielsen
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 7:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Head circuits
>
> Wasn't Phillips point to make a robot that would be able to do somethin=
g
> !else!
> than walking towards the light? Isn't that what you are suggesting?
>
> Cheers + goodnight (it's 2:34 here in Denmark)
>
> - Thomas

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