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Re: Mindstorms/reinforcement learning
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Date: 
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:31:24 GMT
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Erik-
I have just completed a RL project using legOS, and a class in the
Computer Science department here which I am TAing for is due to all submit
a set of RL projects by the end of this week. Unfortunately, I'm also
swamped with other work, so I can't post many details tonight. If you want
to mail me privately about the details of what you want to learn, or wait
a week or so, i can post many details, including the problems (which are
many.) and the joys (which are also many- I was doing a dance in the lab
last week when something worked, and there is a bot about 6 feet behind me
which is sucessfully learning to push a trailer as we speak. -Luis

P.S. I'll be posting lots of pictures, code, explanations, and maybe even
video ASAP for the group's perusal.

P.P.S. NQC is great, but you need a large matrix for RL, and for that
legOS is your only choice. Take a look at www.noga.de/legOS/ for more
info on that. Good luck...

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Erik Zempel wrote:
> 
> Hello, allow me introduce myself to the list.  My name is Erik Zempel, I'm
> a Junior at the University of Michigan in the Computer Engineering
> department.  Two friends and I are hoping to to get some funding for a
> research project involving reinforcement learning techniques for AI
> robots.  For this project, we will be using Lego Mindstorms for our
> robots.  We chose Mindstorms because the were an inexpensive, quick way of
> building a variety of different robots.  For the AI, we are hoping to use
> not-quite-C for the RCX programming.
> 
> Currently, we are drafting our proposal.  What I want to know is if there
> has been anywork done like this before, and what are the RCX unit's
> capabilites?  (i.e. - would it not be a good idea to do this with an RCX)
> 
> Any input would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks!
> Erik
> 
> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
> Version: 3.1
> GCS/GE d-- s-:- a-- C++++$ UL+ UHPUX+ US+ P+++ L+>+++ E W+++ N++ o? K? w@
> O- M+ V PS+++ PE-- Y PGP-- t(-) 5- X-- R(+) tv+ b+ DI++ D+ G e>++(*) h(+*)
> r++ y?
> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
> 
> 

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(...) My prompt and humble apologies for forgetting Forth, yet again :) That would also give you the necessary capabilities, though Ralph would have to speak to it's speed when doing (literally) tens of thousands of mathematical operations. -Luis (...) (27 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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Hello, allow me introduce myself to the list. My name is Erik Zempel, I'm a Junior at the University of Michigan in the Computer Engineering department. Two friends and I are hoping to to get some funding for a research project involving (...) (27 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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