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Re: Interesting Robotics Article In Scientific American
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Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:23:33 GMT
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Here's the link to the web site of the work covered in that SA article:

http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~kube/crip.cgi

In lugnet.robotics, David Leeper writes:
> This months Scientific American (March 2000) has an interesting article on how
> ants are affecting the way automated systems are designed. Applications
> include robotics, network traffic routing, and even analyzing bank data. The
> article includes a discussion of robots built using these principles. These
> robots work together to move heavy obsticles without ever actually
> communicating with one another.
> 
> In the same issue is an article on biological clocks. The article states that
> scientists are discovering that that the body, not just the brain, contains
> many timing mechanisms that affect how we act, think, and feel. I thought this
> was very interesting, especially coming on the heels of Bens Rock Stupid Rover
> that moves avoidance control out of the RCX brain and into its robotic body.



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This months Scientific American (March 2000) has an interesting article on how ants are affecting the way automated systems are designed. Applications include robotics, network traffic routing, and even analyzing bank data. The article includes a (...) (27 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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