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| Hi All, Ben Jackson's robot that avoids obstacles without a CPU got be to think about the idea of using mechanics in place of AI. As I understand Ben's bot, it's built with a diferential. When the robot drives normally, the differential turns only (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi All, Here's two more Dumb AI methods: Timer This is a well known method, used in watches. The spinning of a gear is a timer. If you want something to happen at regular intervals, or want to track the passing of time, you can do it with a gear. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) This is sort of the grandaddy of BEAM robots, the one which everyone who's into it has built. (...) This is one of the main themes in BEAM robotics, look around on the net for more info. These are two cool sites about it: (2 URLs) also a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi Joe, Thanks for the links. They look realy interesting. I also found a discussion group on the topic here: (URL) Leeper (hasn't read the posts on that group yet) (...) into (...) used (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Actually the front fork turns to steer the robot when it stalls. The importance of the back wheels is to cause front wheel stalls WITHOUT hitting something. A semi-rigid rear axle means that large turns cause stalls, which influences the robot (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I would have built it, but while waiting my opportunity, I was doubly inspired: I combined the micro-rover concept with Ben's Rock Stupid Rover and came up with: The Autonomous Mini-Rover! (Also known as the Rock Stupid Ant). No scanner, no digital (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I made time to provide you with some pictures (took it out of my sleep (...) inspired: I (...) with: (...) the (...) it (...) rear (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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