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chrisley@csli.Stanford.EDU (Ron Chrisley) (09/11/90)

In <1990Sep9.213220.20613@athena.mit.edu> jemcnult@athena.mit.edu (John E. Mcnulty) writes:


>A friend recently told me about a robot that learned to walk using 
>neural networks but, alas, he could not remember who did the experiment
>or where.  First I would like to know whether anyone knows anything 
>about that experiment

The work you are referring to was conducted at your own institution, by
Pattie Maes and Rodney Brooks.  The robot's name is Ghengis.

>and second, I am generally interested in neural nets
>as applied to control and behaviour generation in autonomous robots.

I have an interest in this as well...  I will send you some email about it.


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siva@ethome.et.iupui.edu (Siva) (05/11/91)

Hi.

We are looking to buy a neural computer.  A couple of years ago, we had bought
a couple of HNC Anza Plus.  Could you offer some advice on what is available 
or will be available in the next month or two?  Our constraints are: (1)
should 
be around $25K, (2) should provide an equal performance, if not greater, than
the Anza Plus, (3) should be an integrated hardware and software package.

Your advice is appreciated.  If there are others who are interested, please
let me know.  I will be glad to summarize the results on the net.

Siva Chittajallu
Dept. of ME
Purdue University at Indianapolis

siva@cimvax.et.iupui.edu