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From: bakula@ducky.ils.nwu.edu ()
Subject: Re: Ant Robot ????
Date: 12 Aug 1994 18:56:21 GMT
Organization: The Institute for the Learning Sciences

: >ibsen@ntc01.tele.nokia.fi writes:
: >>About a year and an half ago is saw a small Ant like robot on the science
: >>program Beyond 2000. I think it used 6 servos to walk. Does any one
: >>know about this Ant-Robot ?

If you're thinking of the MIT subumption architecture robots, they're
commercially available from

Applied AI Machines & Software
Suite 504, Gateway Business Park
340 March Rd, KANATA
Ontario, Canada  K2K 2E4
Email: 73051.3521@compuserve.com

I just got their info pack and a bunch of subsumption architecture
papers they threw in.  It's very cool stuff!

The best match to your query would be their "Ghengis-II" walker.
It runs $8636.00 including a development system and downloading
board, but without LISP.

(BTW, std.disclaimer -- I don't work for them, they just made me
happy by sending me the info.)
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Michael J. Bakula		The Institute for the Learning Sciences
Unix Systems Administrator	Northwestern University
bakula@ils.nwu.edu		http://www.ils.nwu.edu/index.html
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I MUST agree with Michael!! They sent a whole packet of info, with MIT's
Rodney Brookes' original Subsumption architecture paper to the IEEE, and an
overview of walker-types of robots, as well as some stuff on fuzzy logic
sets, and neural nets! And the Brookes' paper gives away the whole show
for that robot of his that made "Beyond 2000"! And you DON'T need to pay
that kind of price to build one yourself using the subsumption principle
either!
-Steve Walz   rstevew@armory.com


