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RE: LEGO data drive
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:32:00 GMT
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> A nifty looking device, but I don't see how it meets the requirements of a
> Turing machine.
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> "The language of the machine consists from some simple instructions like: L-
> for moving the head to the left, R- for moving the head to the right, the
> "symbols"- for writing the symbols on the tape and the "variables"- for
> writing the variables." (http://www.glissando.net/vturing/)
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> I don't see a mechanism in the robot that'll write or erase just one bit.
> The motor on C would seem to twiddle the bricks, but that impacts the entire
> stream.
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> Am I missing something?
I never said it WAS a Turing machine, I asked how long before someone actually
BUILDS a Turing machine using the RCX....
Now that I have a couple of rotation sensors, the time does seem ripe.
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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