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Re: IR camera?
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Date: 
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 07:45:29 GMT
Original-From: 
"Keith Miller" <kmiller@talon.net>
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NOw that is a Darn good project.. But  I think it might be a tiny bit outta
reach. <G>

It's a very very neat idea though..

-----Original Message-----
From: Brandon Blodget <blodget@best.com>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: IR camera?


> lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote:
> 
> >  Just wondering what you all think the ultimate
> > project might be. Personally, I'd like to eventually do an RCX/PC
> > AI or artificial life project that allows the PC to become self-aware
> > by investigating and manipulating its environment through the RCX.
> 
> I nominate a Lego "assembler" as an "ultimate" project for a RCX (or more
> likely a group of RCXes with a PC).  I've seen a few Lego brick sorters,
> an assembler seems like a logical next step.  Once you have all those
> bricks programmatically sorted the assembler program could use this
> information to retrieve the bricks and build something.
> 
> "Ultimately" it would be cool if this assembler could use standard Lego
> CAD program files for instructions.  This way we could not only look at
> CAD drawings of each others Lego creations, but we could have an assembler
> build them for us (if we wished).
> 
> Taking this a step farther, this could flow right into your AI or
> Artificial Life project.  Each object that was created with an assembler
> would have a "genetic code".  If you provided a way via genetic
> algorithms, for these creations to exchange genetic information, and to
> pass on to the next generation,  you could watch your Lego creations
> evolve. It would probably be a good idea to program in natural death so
> the pieces could be re-used.  I can imagine an ecosystem evolving where
> the different Lego creatures compete for the scares Lego resources and
> somehow a homeostasis is maintained.
> 
> What do you think?  Pure fantasy?  If people think it could be done with
> Nanotechnology why not Legos?
> 
> -Brandon
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics


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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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