[Robotgroup] Divide and Conquer!

[brooksdesign]

If Bill or Alex havn't already posted ,they worked on the vision and navegation for the Odex .
-brooks

-----Original Message-----
>From: Vern Graner <vern at txis.com>
>Sent: Sep 13, 2007 12:44 PM
>To: The Robot Group Mailing List <robotgroup at puremagic.com>
>Subject: Re: [Robotgroup] Divide and Conquer!
>
>Thelostcircuit wrote:
><snip>
> > Why not divide the work into small tasks. Like one chip
> > controlling each leg
></snip>
>
>Sub-processors for device control that frees up the main CPU is a good 
>concept, and one that has been around for a while. For example, this 
>robot is one that fascinates me and I'd love to take a shot at building:
>
>http://incolor.inebraska.com/bill_r/odex_1.htm
>
>I think it was *mechanically* way ahead of its time and would be 
>spectacular with some of today's microprocessor horsepower. I actually 
>toyed with the idea of recreating it a long while back:
>
>http://lists.puremagic.com/pipermail/robotgroup/2004-June/000525.html
>
>And I still harbor visions of making this machine someday. How hard 
>could it be? :)
>
>Vern
>
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