Also the actual programs do more than tell it to move it's legs. it also has body movement and other factors that help it keep it's balance.
Thanks Marc Aylesworth C3I Associates AFRL/IFSE Joint Battlespace Infosphere Team 525 Brooks Rd Rome, NY 13441-4505 Tel:315.330.2422 Fax:315.330.7009 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Gray Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] philosophy??? I think the problem is with 2 legged robots. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Toppenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] philosophy??? > 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 > > --- Gregory Woodhouse > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Tell that to the folks at MIT. Trying to build a >> robot capable of >> walking by simply programming into it *how* it >> should move its legs >> is all but a hopeless undertaking. >> >> === >> Gregory Woodhouse >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> "The most incomprehensible thing about >> the world is that it is at all comprehensible." >> --Albert Einstein (1879-1955) >> >> >> On Jul 13, 2005, at 8:44 AM, HITS wrote: >> >> > Whether you are talking about uncertainty or >> non-determinism as it >> > relates >> > to philosophy or computer science doesn't seem to >> really matter. What >> > matters is that you have an idea, a vision if you >> will, of where >> > you are >> > wanting to go; a firm grasp on where you are now; >> and a solid plan >> > on how to >> > get from point A to point B. Both uncertainty and >> non-determinism are >> > anathama to solid development (IMHO). Even the >> most cloudy of >> > visions can >> > be clarified by clear intermediate goals that take >> you toward the >> > cloud. >> > The closer you get to the cloud, the more the >> mists separate; >> > sometimes into >> > more than one cloud; sometimes not. >> > >> > Bottom line - plan the work; work the plan. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Behalf Of >> > Gregory Woodhouse >> > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:05 AM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: [Hardhats-members] philosophy??? >> > >> > >> > I wonder if my post last night emphasizing the >> difference between >> > uncertainty and non-determinism (and the >> similarities which I think >> > tend to go unnoticed) wasn't a might too >> philosophical. It reminds me >> > of a time a week or so ago when I was sitting in a >> cafe reading a >> > book about provability and a woman started a >> conversation with me (it >> > turned out that she was a philosophy student at UC >> Berkeley). >> > Immediately, I could see the look in her friend's >> face: "Oh no! Not >> > again!" Ever since then, I've been wondering if >> some formal training >> > in philosophy might, perhaps ironically, turn out >> to provide useful >> > background for parts of computer science, if not >> software >> > development. As strange as that sounds, I believe >> that thinking about >> > the nature of the task of developing software >> really can help to make >> > one a better programmer. I can hear it now: This >> guy is bonkers! >> > Maybe so, but as a simple example, one question we >> would do well to >> > ask ourselves a little more often is, What am I >> REALLY doing here? >> > Basic design questions, such as whether a variable >> pointer (or >> > multiple inheritance) is the right way to solve a >> given problem often >> > hinge on the answer to a question such as this. >> and theoretical as it >> > may seem early on, it doesn't take much time >> trying to support or >> > enhance the code you've written before it becomes >> clear that the >> > question was really a practical one, after all. >> > >> > === >> > Gregory Woodhouse >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > "Design quality doesn't ensure success, but design >> failure can ensure >> > failure." >> > >> > --Kent Beck >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------- >> > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the 'Do More >> With Dual!' webinar >> > happening >> > July 14 at 8am PDT/11am EDT. 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