Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #11422
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Steven Dang az-anuxm1@usa.net
Date: 6 Mar 00 22:14:20 CST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: lobster
"> I think it doesn't learn it doesn't have enough memory to remeber the
> lessons ,but if you made it as advanced a small animal it might learn.
> right now they're less than bugs. and the ants have a queen to direct
them,
> they would be like beam bots with no queen to guide them
Our bots are not necessarily below bugs. In some aspects, they are super=
ior
to insects, but in many more, they are much worse. It is in those areas =
that
we must improve our bots.
Peace out,
Steven Dang
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11423 Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:00:31 +1100 MicroCore vs. BiCore
> Okay, thankx Bruce for answering my question bout the Bicore Microcore
> situation, but i got more Q's to be A'ed. Let me start out by defining
what i
> believe each circuit does, this way you can correct me.
>
> Bicore - Ocillates (+) and (-). Master/Slave howevermany needed sets of
two,
> slave syncs to the Ocillation of the master? you can link as many slaves
as
> you want
>
> Microcore - Ocillates (+) and (-) according to motor feedback (how can
this
> be?)? No master/slave can be set only one set of however many needed, 4
Nvs
> (Nu? whatever) create walking motion, occilates between the four.
>
> Please correct me, I'm not an expert on IC's (I'm only in high school
after
> all). So then why is the bicore the seemingly perfered circuit, i see that
it
> is quite flexible and understand that the microcore cant move multiple
motors
> at once, but wouldn't the microcore be better if it truely gets motor feed
> back? And also, how does the microcore recieve this feed back, is it
because
> of current drain due to resistance to the shaft? I'm quite confused here,
if
> you could even just point me to a web page it'd be greatly appreciated!
>
> -Spencer
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