kilian@cray.com (Alan Kilian) (05/18/91)
Well after several years of thinking about it I am building
my second robot. The platform is a tractor tread style toy from
Children's Palace with new motors and LEGO gears so it will be
quiet.
I am starting to think about the controls and I remember a
Scientific American article a few years ago that had some simple
robots that sensed light bulbs and would drive around seeking
or avoiding the light based on their neuron like programming.
I would like to read this again so I went to the library
today and looked at the table of contents of 5 years of SciAm
and I couldn't find it. I looked in the 1978 - 1988 index under
a lot of subjects and I also couldn't find it. So I'm depressed.
Does anyone remember the date of this article or the Author?
I'll keep you informed as the construction proceedes. I am not
very familiar with this group but I'll keep an eye out and try to
stick with the style of postings I find.
Thanks,
-Alan "What another robot? Not in MY house" Kilian
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Eagan MN, 55121 | toes. The author of _Lighter Elements_compton@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Michael Compton) (05/20/91)
In article <161108.10771@timbuk.cray.com>, kilian@cray.com (Alan Kilian) writes: > > ... I remember a Scientific American article a few years ago that had some > simple robots that sensed light bulbs and would drive around seeking > or avoiding the light based on their neuron like programming... I can't remember when the article appeared, but after reading it I bought a book by the same author that elaborates on the topic: "VEHICLES - Experiments in Synthetic Psychology" by Valentino Braitenberg MIT Press, 1984 Hope this helps. -Michael Compton AI Research Branch NASA Ames Research Center compton@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov
schlue@gmdzi.gmd.de (Bernd Schlueter) (05/21/91)
Dewdney, A.K.: Computer Recreations - Braitenberg memoirs: vehicles for probing behavior roam a dark plain marked by lights. Scienbtific American, March 1987. Hope that helps. Bernd. Bernd Schlueter schlue@gmdzi.UUCP GMD [German National Research Center for Computer Science] Schloss Birlinghoven 5205 Sankt Augustin 1 Germany