Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #10666
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Timothy Flytch flytch@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 16:35:13 -0500
Subject: Re: Arrgghhh!!!
> Jim,
> This sounds odd??? Can you elaberate???
> Before you fame me for asking ... I have no expereance with snake/worm
> bots... But would like to know more :)
> Timothy...
>
>
> >More important, snake/worm bots generally don't work well with an odd
> >number
> >of motors.
> >Just my experience with them
> >
> > |___|
> > -------O()O-------
> >James Taylor
>
> ______________________________________________________
>
10667 Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:06:39 -0800 [alt-beam] Re: Robotic philosophy (Tendency toward miniaturization) "Dennison Bertram" I'm a leaner towards the idea that it eventually replaces mankind. But
things like toasters are techincally robots. So, who knows, I suppose it's
any machine that performs a task. Like I would think that a clothes washer
is a robot, but a power drill is not. Although I suppose you could make an
argument either way for that one.
dennison
> In light of the discussion one may think to ask the question: what is the
> definition of a robot?
>
> Should we take Asimov's defintion or is it something to eventually replace
> mankind? Something other?
>
> Regards,
>
> Thomas
>
>
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