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Message #11415
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Darrell Johnson beamtastic@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 17:51:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Adaptobotics
His server went down for some reason.. Justin said it
should be back up within 24 hours.. I'll let you know
if I hear anything else..
darrell
--- Bryan Hengels wrote:
> Adaptobotics hasn't been working for a few days, at
> least for me, does anyone know what's wrong?
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11416 Mon, 06 Mar 2000 20:41:36 -0600 [alt-beam] Re: Adaptobotics beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Bryan Hengels" Thanks.
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On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 17:51:46 Darrell Johnson wrote:
>His server went down for some reason.. Justin said it
>should be back up within 24 hours.. I'll let you know
>if I hear anything else..
>
>darrell
>
>--- Bryan Hengels wrote:
>> Adaptobotics hasn't been working for a few days, at
>> least for me, does anyone know what's wrong?
>>
>>
>> MailCity. Secure Email Anywhere, Anytime!
>> http://www.mailcity.com
>>
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11417 Mon, 06 Mar 2000 21:51:25 -0800 [alt-beam] Re: lobster beam@sgiblab.sgi.com Laura Malinowski Laura/Rob Malinowski Good thought but muscle wire is too slow. There is a new product (I forget the
details) that is polymer bladder, I think it is a polymer. Anyway It expands and
contracts with an electrical charge very quickly. I think this is the way to go.
If you would like details I will hunt for them, just let me know. Muscle wires
have a relatively slow response time and are actuated by temperature if I am not
correct.
As far as chemical reactions to different materials, have you ever seen the
clock that runs off a potato (potatoe) or other vegetable matter. Maybe your
bots can't carry around a spud but why not hunt for them just to recharge?
Rob M.
Bumper314@aol.com wrote:
> Well, maybe motors aren't the best locomotion for robots. If we are talking
> biological, lets talk muscle wire. We could also drop the whole solar thing
> and make a bot that would actually live off its surroundings by taking in
> pellets (proved by the own, since we dont have something to break down grass
> or stuff like that to useable fuel) and react chemicaly with something in the
> the bot stomach. The energy (basically making a battery out of the stomach)
> can be used to run the bot and if and when it gets extra energy it can charge
> up some caps (fat basically) for later use. So the goal would be to get an
> analogue robot to identify its food and consume it and move on to find more
> food. Sounds like almost every insect to me.
>
> steve
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