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My ultimate project
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:29:57 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <(lau@)NoSpam(mail.telepac.pt)>
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I've been thinking (probably too much) about my ultimate project, and I had this wildest idea I remember never having in a lot of years...
All my bots are stupid. I know that I don't have the power to make them intelligent, so I'm condemned to build stupid bots.
The only intelligence in my bots is mine and they do what I want (most of the time), so there's no surprise in anything they do.
What about if the intelligence wasn't mine? It wouldn't be interesting to see what another intelligence would do?
Another intelligence... intelligence... my dog? Nahhh, too big. The gold fish? too wet ... what about the turtle!?!?
And then it struck me!! What about creating a bionic enhancement to my turtle!? She's about 15 cm long, just the right size. I would strap her gently to the bot, put a couple of touch sensors under it's feet and a touch sensor in a forward bumper. Then, each time she wants to walk she moves the feet and the track on that side would move accordingly to her movements.
I could create a program that would drive the bot very gently and with an auto-reverse feature if bumps into a wall. She doesn't even need a helmet because she hides the head at the least sign of danger. (]:)
And maybe, just maybe she can learn to drive the bot and start behaving normal, like if it was a bionic implant! :-)
An ultimate project I can build... Somebody stop me please!! =:-o
PS: Don't worry about the turtle. Her safety and well-being is my highest priority. :-)
Besides, I probably will never build the bot anyway, and that's why I call it my ultimate project.
Any other wild ideas? :-)
Laurentino Martins
[mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt]
[http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/]
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message has 6 Replies:
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| This is the most original, "alternative" and funniest project with RCX I ever heard of. Go on please... and keep us up to date :-))) Mario (...) this wildest idea I remember never having in a lot of years... (...) intelligent, so I'm condemned to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) 8) It'd be quite cool to see if she can be trained to use the vehicle. It might take awhile to train her (and get her over the fear of the bizarre situation), though. You might need to take some waterproofing measures, lest she produce #1 (or (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Love it!!! Wanna see it!!!!!! --Todd p.s. And I can see the road tour now... :) "Ladies and Gentlemen, STEP right up! SEE the eighth wonder of the world, yes, right here, before your very eyes, SEE the amazing, HEAR the amazing, WATCH the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: My ultimate project
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| In article <4.1.19990419213142....lepac.pt>, Laurentino Martins <lau@mail.telepac.pt> writes (...) I have been thinking about something like that for fifty years, ever since I read a children's story about a mad inventor, who on hearing the phrase (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: My ultimate project
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| Thank you all for the huge support in my (wacky) idea - The Bionic Tortoise (c) And sorry my English (I'm Portuguese) but after reading the dictionary I found out that my turtle is after all called tortoise in English, although I'm not 100% sure. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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