Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site uicsl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!mihran From: mihran@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Re: Robotics - (nf) Message-ID: <12300002@uicsl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 21:20:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uicsl.12300002 Posted: Tue Aug 7 21:20:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 02:45:09 EDT References: <728@sri-arpa.UUCP> Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #R:sri-arpa:-72800:uicsl:12300002:000:561 Nf-From: uicsl!mihran Aug 7 20:20:00 1984 #R:sri-arpa:-72800:uicsl:12300002:000:561 uicsl!mihran Aug 7 20:20:00 1984 Forget about the dogs. Even an ant is quite sophisticated compared to the capabilities we want the robots to have, at least in the near future. I was watching one of these nature shows on PBS the other day which was showing the behaviour of the ants underground. I would guess that if the technology develops to the level of sophistication that allows us to implement the sensory-motor coordination that these ants have, our robots will probably be more than adequate to perform with great skill the necessary tasks at an assembly line or at a dangerous mine.