Yeah, I bet they have a neural net or two in there somewhere. Sorry to hear about your hand. Erb's palsy?
Kevin --- Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can bet that they aren't programmed by a > sequence of instructions > of the form > > Move joint A so many degrees > Move joint B twice that number > Now move joint C back by half the original number > etc. > > I have some nerve damage, not enough to keep me from > being able to > type (in the usual way), but enough so that I have > very limited > feedback from my left hand. When I was younger, I > really wanted to > learn to play a wind instrument and tried and tried, > but was never > able to do it. The gross movements needed to operate > a computer > keyboard are one thing, but playing an instrument > like the clarinet > or recorder is another thing entirely. > > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "The policy of being too cautious is > the greatest risk of all." > --Jawaharlal Nehru > > > On Jul 13, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Kevin Toppenberg > wrote: > > > Well, my son loves robots, and we've been looking > at > > some very cool walking robots who have succeeded > doing > > just what you mentioned. > > > > kevin > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With > Dual!' webinar happening > July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to > explore the latest in dual > core and dual graphics technology at this free one > hour event hosted by HP, > AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit > http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More With Dual!' webinar happening July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. We invite you to explore the latest in dual core and dual graphics technology at this free one hour event hosted by HP, AMD, and NVIDIA. To register visit http://www.hp.com/go/dualwebinar _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
