AI and robotics
Arthur T. Murray
David Whitacre, dwhi...@appworx.com, wrote on Fri, 27 Aug 1999:
> When you say Real-Time response what time frame are you using ???
> milliseconds ?? seconds ??? My robots limbs are solid-state so
> have a somewhat slow movement rate but very high possibilities
> on possible positions of the tentacle arm it's self.
>"Howard R. Stearns" wrote:
>> Check out ISRobotics, I think at at http://www.isrobotics.com .
>> (search for it if necessarry, or call them. They were at
>> 617-629-0055 several years ago, or you can reach Professor
>> Rod Brooks through M.I.T.)
>>
>> They make a Lisp system for embedded robotic systems.
>>
>> You will have to take a look at your real-time response requirements.
>> Although there may be issues with Lisp garbage collection, you might
>> have even more problems with Unix (unless you are planning to use some
>> sort of realtime Unix variant).
>>
>> David Whitacre wrote:
>> >
>> > I am just a hobbyist with a question
>> > I am looking at lisp to run a autonomous robot in a unix
>> > environment and want to know it this is a wrong move
No, but a better move might be to learn Forth by starting with
http://Landau1.phys.virginia.edu/classes/551/primer.txt "A Beginner's
Guide to Forth," then download and adapt for your own purposes the
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/7256/mind-fpc.html PD AI code.
>> > (my previous background is lisp routines for Autocad
>> > and I am a designer not a engineer.)