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Re: Machina Speculatrix Reproduction
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Wed, 3 Mar 1999 05:10:49 GMT
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Pam Durham <pdurham1@ix.netcom.&nomorespam&com>
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Hat's off to you! W. Grey Walter was one of my inspirations growing up.
He's one of the reasons I majored in robotics in college. I hadn't even
considered trying to reproduce his machines with Legos, what a great idea.
However as you mention on your web site, it it very difficult to reproduce
his behaviors with Lego. It's one of the distinct advantages of using an
all analog system rather than a digital one like Lego. I would go so far as
to say, an analog robot is about the only way of creating truly interesting
behaviors.
Good job,
Doug Durham
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gasperi <gasperi@alynk.com>
To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 6:55 PM
Subject: Machina Speculatrix Reproduction
> Over fifty years ago W. Grey Walter started building three wheeled, turtle
> like, mobile robotic vehicles. These vehicles had a light sensor, touch
> sensor, propulsion motor, steering motor, and a two vacuum tube analog
> computer. Even with this simple design, Grey demonstrated that his turtles
> exhibited complex behaviors. He called his turtles Machina Speculatrix • after
> their speculative tendency to explore their environment. The Adam and Eve • of
> his robots were named Elmer and Elsie ( ELectro Mechanical Robots, Light
> Sensitive. )
>
> I have started to recreate the basic structure of the turtles using LEGO
> Mindstorms. Grey's turtles used a front wheel drive tricycle style chassis.
> The propulsion motor sits in the fork of the front wheel assembly and moves
> with it. The steering motor is mounted to the body and rotates the steering
> assembly trough a worm gear. The light sensor is rigidly fixed to the
> steering assembly so that it is always pointing in the direction of travel.
>
> For more details please go to:
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Michael_Gasperi/walter.htm
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| Doug Durham wrote in message <005701be6534$358277...nd-pam>... (...) Thanks. I have improved the images that were on the page originally. It should be easier to see things now. (...) creating truly interesting (...) I agree. You can create some very (...) (28 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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