RE: TI-H: Robots and calculators.
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RE: TI-H: Robots and calculators.
Sounds interesting. Maybe you could make it so it cleans houses or
something very useful like that.
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>From: Richard Piotter[SMTP:richfile@prairie.lakes.com]
>Reply To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>Sent: Friday, March 20, 1998 8:59 PM
>To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject: TI-H: Robots and calculators.
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>I'm wondering how many people on the list have considered building a
>robot controled by the TI calculators???
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>How bout a walking one that can go over rough terain, and stuff, with NO
>more than the calc having to send a forward command or a reverse command
>or left or right, or stop...
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>Sound interesting?
>
>the calc would have a seqence of instructions or maybe record data from
>sensors???
>
>The robot is a Nervous Network (not to be confused with Neural Network)
>based robot. It's neurons simulate the spinal cord and simple lower
>functions. It's like a bug. It recacts with reflexes and stimulus
>response only. Several people working on B.E.A.M. Robots want to build a
>100 plus neuron combo nervous/neural network that can recieve digital
>commands, see, and "feel" objects with antenae. The purpose is a type of
>data gathering system that runs autonomously, but will stop and do what
>you ask when asked.
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>Who thinks this would be a cool use of TI calcs. Maybe just as a test
>bed or something, but it's an interesting thought???
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>Richard Piotter
>richfile@prairie.lakes.com
>
>The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html
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