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| | | Would it be possible to create a Lego swarm? What language would be most versatile for this task? I'm thinking this would make a good introductory demo for a robotics class I'm teaching. Andrew Meyer (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Swarm? —Brian Davis
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| | | | | (...) If you mean a collective group of identical robots interacting, sure. As a simple example, build a robot that drives towards the brightest light source, and then when the ambient brightness is above some threshold have it change behavior and (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: Swarm? —Andrew G. Meyer
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| | | | | | (...) Swarm as in: (URL) (...) Not a bad idea, to have the kids each build an identical robot, then give 'em the swarm challenge. I was thinking just a intro demo, really, but I could turn it into curriculum. Thanks for the input! Andrew Meyer (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Swarm? —David J. Barnes
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| | | | | (...) Not quite a swarm, but I ran a student project a couple of years ago with the aim of simulating herding sheep. A robotic dog that "barked" and robotic sheep that were more or less frightened of the dog depending on how near it was. It was a (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Swarm? —Thomas Chesney
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| | | | | (...) For ideas on swarm behaviour you could implement I suggest you read Prey by Michael Crichton, especially the 'escape from the shed' scene. Thomas (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: Swarm? —Juergen Stuber
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| | | | Hi andrew, (...) I think the best option would be to get a couple of Spybots, because they can sense the approximate position of each other and are quite cheap nowadays. They can be programmed in NQC. Jürgen (20 years ago, 8-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Swarm? —Andrew G. Meyer
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| | | | (...) Thanks, but I was asking because the school has hundreds of RCX's , motors, and sensors. I had in mind a RCX-based swarm, possibly linking together to cross a table gap, or some similar task. Thanks for the input, though. Andrew Meyer (20 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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