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Re: He's Smart, But He Ain't Got No Brains
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Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:26:39 GMT
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Hi Joe,
Sounds cool! And another example of how just a smidgen of mind produces an
intelligent behavior!
If you get this up on a web site, let me know, as I'd like to get a collection
of links to these types of robots.
David Leeper (can relate to just a smidgen of mind)
In lugnet.robotics, Joe Kopena writes:
> Just to relax for a bit tonight, I made a photovore out of some LEGOs and a
> HandyBoard. I was trying a chassis design I had been thnking about (4 wheels • w/
> a hinge in the middle) and wasn't planning on putting a lot of work into him.
> That being the case, I wrote a very simple program which would change the • speed
> of the forward left and right wheels depending on which side's light sensor • was
> higher (completely ignoring the case where they're very close ie: 244 vs. • 255),
> and would backup and turn a bit when the bumper gets hit. After several • minutes
> of getting stuck and lost inside the maze of chairs and desks that is the lab
> he was born in, I put him outside, facing down the corridor. I was happy but
> not very surprised to watch him make a straight line down the center of the
> hall. However, I was very surprised when he got to the corner at the end of • the
> hall, which is shaped like this:
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> ______
> ____ \
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> Much to my pleasant surprise, he made a perfect sweeping curve through the
> corner and continued straight down the next hall (until he crashed into the
> janitor doind his rounds). I couldn't have written a better curve to match • that
> corner. I realize he's essentially just following the track of overhead lights
> in the two straight corridors, but I found it amazing to watch as this very
> simple creature pulled off this seemingly very complex task.
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> It's making me think of Braitenberg's vehicles in a much more appreciative
> manner.
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> Just had to share this nifty little discovery :)
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