On Sat, 13 May 1995, Lee Holeva wrote:

> I everyone.  I just joined the PIC list and I'm looking forward to
> hearing about other people's use of MIcrochip PIC products.
>
..snip..

> I'm going to build the controller
> somewhat differently than what many people do.  Rather than simply
> bolting a single microcontroller board to the platform, I intend to
> decompose the controller into multiple PIC chips.  The PIC
> architecture seems to be ideal for this sort of thing.  I should end
> up with a variant of Brook's Subsumption Architecture.
>
..snip..

Lee,
        Sounds interesting.  I am near the end of an art/robotics
development (you heard right... my client is an artist who specializes
in technological art).  I use three 16C57s communicating serially to
control the input sensing, processing, and output control functions.  The
processing PIC is especially interesting.  I have implemented a neural
net which gives the piece the capability to learn from it's environment
and "recognize" previously learned environmental conditions.

        I am currently struggling with some mechanical construction hurdles
(I do bits not bolts) but the PIC stuff works well.  Good luck on your
project.

Martin Kirk
Arizona State University
mlk@asu.edu
(602) 263-9270