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Re: Dumb AI
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:39:34 GMT
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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. One example is the watch.
Another is spining a gear that has a dark brick attached to it. The gear spins
in fron of a sensor. When the sensor "sees" the dark brick, it "knows" a given
unit of time has passed.
Retraction
In the idea of extending Ben's bot to extand an arm that tries to move the
obstacle, a question arises. How do you retract the arm if it fails to move
the obstacle. One way is to use springs or rubber bands to pull the arm back
automatically when motor power is turned off. An example of both these methods
can be seen in my design of an android arm, here:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Column/2507/Hand.htm
The arm uses springs to return joints to their normal position. The rubber
band example can be seen in the very last photo at the bottom of the page.
David Leeper (may be dumb)
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