Re: self-propagating RCX program
danny staple <[email protected]>
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On 09/09/05, Steve Hassenplug <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, September 9, 2005 1:07 pm, danny staple wrote: > > On 09/09/05, Steve Hassenplug <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> However, I think making a self-replicating robot from LEGO is not > >> realistic. > >> > > I think efforts to build a Lego Robot that builds simple Lego models > > have been made, and sucessfully, but only for fairly simple assemblies > > ( a 4 peice Lego "Duck"). > > You're right. If it's possible to design a robot that can build a four piece > duck, > it must be possible to design a robot that can build a robot that can build > other > robots. How many parts can these robots have anyway? Maybe a couple hundred. > That's only fifty times as many as a duck. > > Still, I think I'll stand by my claim that making a self-replicating robot > from LEGO > is not realistic. > > Steve > I agree with you that it is probably not realistic, but that wont stop me having fun trying. I would like to build a robot that can build stuff, though I will probably not use the RCX to control it - something with many more outputs and sensors would be required. Still - we already build Lego tools for stuff like pushing out pins and such - so although it is far away, it is along a path people have already started down. I get the feeling though that building a robot to assemble using Lego peices is easier than one to mould or assemble non-Lego. OrionRobots -- http://orionrobots.co.uk - Build Robots