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Re: lugnet.robotics.combat?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 16 Apr 2001 00:35:58 GMT
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micahx@kih./avoidspam/net
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Greg Majewski wrote:
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> Because very few of them are armored RC cars.
The *vast* majority of combat "robots" which I have seen on the net,
LEGO-based or otherwise, are not autonomous.
> There are actually lots of
> autonomous combat robots, and even those that aren't "smart" have extremely
> impressive engineering inside.
Extremely impressive engineering does not necessarily make a device a robot.
> Also.. isn't the definition of a robot
> something that can be programmed and reprogrammed to fulfill a specific
> task? I think that an RCX driven machine falls under that category. The RCX
> can be programmed. The RCX HAS to be programmed. RCX driven machines are, in
> my eyes, robots.
Of course if it's autonomous and RCX-controlled it counts as a robot,
but if there is to be one all-inclusive group for LEGO-based combat
platforms, for both true robots *and* pseudo-robots, it does not belong
in the .robotics hierarchy. Putting it under .robotics will only
exacerbate the media-driven misconception of "if it has wheels, it must
be a robot".
There are of course topics which are of universal interest to both robot
builders and combat platform builders (such as geartrain design, motor
torque etc), but if there is to be a group specifically for combat
platforms, then presumably there is some topic unique to combat platform
building that does not fall under general robotics interest. If there
are no such topics, then there shouldn't even be a .combat group
chartered in the first place, regardless of what hierarchy it's placed in.
--
Regards
Micah J. Mabelitini - LUGNET #918 - accutron@kih.net
The University of Kentucky - SECC Middlesboro ASC
http://www.users.kih.net/~micahx/brickdreams/
http://www.users.kih.net/~micahx/rcxbug/
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