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From: rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez)
Subject: Re: co-operative real robots
In-Reply-To: davidlf@hpcc01.corp.hp.com's message of 1 Jun 92 16: 30:47 GMT
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> / hpcc01:comp.robotics / bridget@aifh.ed.ac.uk (Bridget Hallam) /  7:26 am  May 28, 1992 /
> 
> Does anyone know who is doing research in this area?
> I don't mind if the robots are `identical' or not.
> I believe that Luc Steels now has some real robots working ...
> Can anyone give me references?
> 

My lab is pushing in this direction, with the intent to have two autonomous
underwater robots cooperating with a camera and light.  There are many
different facets to this sort of research, from AI and message content down to
(in our case) the headaches of underwater acoustic communication.

-Roger



--
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting
 than the question of whether a submarine can swim" - Edsger W. Dijkstra 

Roger Gonzalez   -  rg@msel.unh.edu
Division of Bit Banging and Reluctant Robotics
UNH Marine Systems Engineering Laboratory, Durham, NH  03824-3525
(603) 862-4600 -4399 (fax)

