______________________________________________________________________ BEAM robotics is the only Science/Discipline that I know of in wich creative cheating is encouraged. ______________________________________________________________________ To Me this is enough to make it interesting, but there are more reasons for involving yourself in the flexable dynamic world of Biomorphic Robotics. In a world that is continues to become more and more processor dominated many robotically inclined folks have dismissed the simple solutions of body instead to favour the solutions of brain. This often leads to Really smart things that can't walk, this is where BEAM comes in. BEAM means several things...... The most important is that "Nothing is too simple to accomplish the job" . Smaller, dumber, cheaper is just as valid as bigger, smarter, costlier. I've been building what my mother refers to as kakamaimies for 20 years and in pretty much every case I've done it just to prove I could. This is an attitude that is Strongly encouraged in BEAM. I live by two rules. Rip everything you own completely apart. NEVER put them back together in the same fashon. Combine these with Tilden's Laws of robotics.... Protect Thy Ass Feed Thy Ass Look For Better Real Estate And BOOM sucsessful devices, Robotic or otherwise..... all4nw ______________________________________________________________________ [LINK]