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- From: wpns@miki.pictel.com (Willie Smith)
- Subject: Re: 6 legged beast
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.152022.725@miki.pictel.com>
- Organization: PictureTel Corporation
- References: <gate.qL35NB1w165w@toz.buffalo.ny.us> <1992Jul27.174110.5064@trantor.harris-atd.com> <1992Jul27.221854.3063@news.iastate.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 15:20:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.221854.3063@news.iastate.edu> mds@iastate.edu (Mark D. Smucker) writes:
- >This is not a flame, but a reference to a really neat small six legged
- >robot.
- >
- >Reference 1: Brooks. Rodney A.
- > New Approaches to robotics
- > Science v253 p1227-32 Sept 13 '91
- >
- > In this article there is a picture of Genghis, a six legged
- >robot and the caption reads:
-
- Yes Ghengis is neat, and I have alot of respect for the folks at MIT
- who built it. I've seen it in operation, and it actually works. You
- could build one in your basement! It was designed as a (relatively)
- inexpensive platform for doing software development on, and it's great
- for that! In fact, I'm considering doing a little 'subsumption' type
- layering in my teleop vehicle if I ever spend any more time on it. :+}
-
- However, it doesn't carry it's own power supply, it doesn't effect
- it's environment, and (at least when I saw it) doesn't even explore,
- it just learns to walk, wanders around, and responds to various
- obstacles.
-
- Depends what you want out of your robot, but wheeled platforms have a
- lot of advantages, IMHO.
-
- Willie Smith
- wpns@pictel.com
-