Happy New Year. ... IMHO, the "Periphery" is a philosophical place, not neccessarily a physical one. It doesn't have to mean outside the CNS. One of Brookes's...
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Peter Balch
peterbalch@...
Jan 1, 2009 11:44 am
Dave ... I think that's the most intriguing thing anyone has said so far. I fully expect that Randy will point out that in FSAs, time and sequence are ...
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Randy Carter
randycarter2001
Jan 1, 2009 3:13 pm
I know the USFIRST kickoff event is this weekend Saturday the 3rd. But what time is it? And is it eastern or pacific? If they hold true to past years events...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jan 1, 2009 5:48 pm
Peter Balch said: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:45 AM ... built-in ... far. ... Huh. No actually I missed that very good point. I've been implementing real-time...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jan 1, 2009 5:52 pm
Peter Balch said: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:35 AM ... A chicken can run a very long way, even fly, after having it's head cut off. Clearly the running...
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Nathan Monson
nathanmonson
Jan 1, 2009 7:22 pm
... The URBI programming language is doing this in its own way. To my knowledge, URBI is the first widely-available/cross-robot language designed exclusively...
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Matthew Tedder
teddemc
Jan 1, 2009 9:09 pm
I agree. In any case, all communication is relative. Each part does what it does in relation to the others it communicates with. This is the embodiment I was...
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David Wyland
dcwjobs2004
Jan 1, 2009 9:48 pm
Hi Alan, Thanks for your thoughtful feedback. It helps focus. To state it a little more carefully, I think we are missing algorithms for interactive robot...
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Nathan Monson
nathanmonson
Jan 1, 2009 10:37 pm
... How do you feel about the various SLAM algorithms? I've seen mobile robots navigating in completely unstructured environments with a high degree of...
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Robin
get_imaginary
Jan 1, 2009 10:48 pm
Mmmm, are you sure, Randy? When I was young we had lots of semi-wild chickens on our farm and killed (roughly) a rooster a week for 10 years (to eat), by...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jan 1, 2009 11:31 pm
Robin asked: Thursday, January 01, 2009 4:48 PM ... Pretty sure. <gross link warnings> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HksE-7aYmIw&feature=related ...
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Doug Bell
douglas_warr...
Jan 2, 2009 12:15 am
Repeating for those who missed it. Doug Bell ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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dan michaels
oric_dan
Jan 2, 2009 12:17 am
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_nervous_system ... Yes. ... CNS, ... physical one. It doesn't have to mean outside the CNS. ... AI" idea that all...
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dan michaels
oric_dan
Jan 2, 2009 12:22 am
... I've seen this too, when my grandmother used to kill her own chickens for family dinner. And humans also are born with simple oscillatory "crawling"; type...
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dan michaels
oric_dan
Jan 2, 2009 12:26 am
... does what it does in relation to the others it communicates with. ... point of view of neuropsycology that I first learned about at a conference in that...
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dan michaels
oric_dan
Jan 2, 2009 12:29 am
... think ... high ... This is proving the point being made. You really do need good and proper algorithms, in order to take the next step[s]. ... not ... ...
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dan michaels
oric_dan
Jan 2, 2009 12:33 am
... beheading them. They did flop around violently afterwards from random muscle spasms, but I never saw one do anything coordinated like run or fly. I ... I...
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Robin
get_imaginary
Jan 2, 2009 3:00 am
Er, actually, "mike the headless rooster" wasn't fully decapitated. Most of his brain stem remained: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken...
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fred miller
jamericanfreddy
Jan 2, 2009 3:23 am
http://www.seattlerobotics.org/Encoder/200009/S3003C.html here is a schematic of the board i used ,just remove h-bridge and replace it with a higher power...
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fred miller
jamericanfreddy
Jan 2, 2009 3:27 am
i built that circuit ,but big problem there is no feedback pot [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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km6vv
Jan 2, 2009 3:31 am
Hi David, I'm enjoying this! Some comments below. ... Depending on the "scale" of the robot's world, we have some solutions. I'm investigating a maze level...
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Randy M. Dumse
rmdumse
Jan 2, 2009 10:12 am
Robin said: Thursday, January 01, 2009 9:01 PM ... decapitated. Yes, but even with a brain stem, you have to allow the full brain wasn't all their either. Our...
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doug_horn
Jan 2, 2009 3:36 pm
I am essentially an old fart (but an mechanical engineer) that would like to learn some robotic programming. I did some Googling and ended up on the Seattle...
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andrewn
andrew4n
Jan 2, 2009 4:47 pm
... We don't have very good examples of "time" in other languages. Some of them have time/sequencing as an add-on in the library. The more interesting one have...
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Alan Marconett
km6vv
Jan 2, 2009 6:03 pm
Lego uses a version of Labview to run some of their robotic sets. As Andrew says, it's all about the data. Alan KM6VV ... On Behalf Of andrewn We don't have...
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Mike Payson
mpayson
Jan 2, 2009 6:26 pm
Hi Doug, I'm Mike from MaximumRobotics. I'm out of the office today, but I can try to go in tonight and fiddle with one of our RoboBoxes and see if I can...
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dan michaels
oric_dan
Jan 2, 2009 6:42 pm
... The entire argument about any "real" intelligence being out in the periphery is rather hopeless....
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andrewn
andrew4n
Jan 2, 2009 6:43 pm
Lego Mindstorms comes with a number of programming options (depending on the set). The brick has a fairly sophisticated firmware that runs a bytecode...
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David Wyland
dcwjobs2004
Jan 2, 2009 7:34 pm
Hi Peter, I have been trying to form some useful thoughts. It is like being half-way through assembling a jigsaw puzzle. Fun, with lots of little aha! moments...
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Matthew Tedder
teddemc
Jan 2, 2009 7:47 pm
... Demeaning of views you disagree with and claiming facts (that seem to contradict your own perceptions) are made up is serious juvenile. You also seem to...
