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Re: Line Following by Humans versus Bots (fwd)
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 06:48:51 GMT
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Luis Villa wrote:
> > Thanks, I'll have to get myself a copy.
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> Don't expect any serious science in it- it is very interesting, and
> certainly thought-provoking, but you'll also find yourself reading and
> questioning the sanity of the author- he goes into
Gee, just the sort of stuff I like.
> > following a single black line is far from being a trivial matter.
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> I think it becomes very trivial when you have "good" hardware. But
> considering what we have (and the need to conserve our scarce resources)
> it becomes much more challenging. That is where the interest lies, I
> think.
Yes, certainly the challenge is to implement using our limited RCX components.
> > It seems to me more natural to be keeping within a hallway (or the walls of a canyon in the Star
> > Wars games). And it's alright for bots to bump into walls but not humans, of course.
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> I like the star wars allusion- I'll mount my Y-wing on top of my bot next
> time it line follows :)
Just be careful not to let the wing tips scrape the walls or you're back to Training Mission :-(
> > I would really like to know who or how was it decided that bots should follow a single line in
> > the first place. Is it just to save on black paint or the number of light sensors?
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> I think that there was an assumption (by people on other robotic
> platforms) that the hardware would be sufficient for this kind of thing.
I just hope they're not city planners as well or we'll soon be following a single white line on our
roads ;-)
> Certainly, Braitenberg makes all kinds of crazy assumptions about
> hardware. When we try to implement those ideas on what we have, things
> get "interesting."
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> I'm still trying to find a better citation on-line for the flow vector
> stuff, but no luck so far.
Thanks, again. Will give me some time to catch up on the Vehicles book.
--
C S Soh
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~cssoh
... where air is power
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| Sorry, sent this to C S without realizing it had been sent to the whole group. -Luis ---...--- Forwarded message ---...--- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:27:44 -0500 (EST) From: Luis Villa <liv@duke.edu> To: C S Soh <cssoh@singnet.com.sg> Subject: Re: (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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