• OT: Dino robots?

    From Don Y@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 23 20:00:30 2024
    <https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/23/long-extinct-animals-resurrected-robots-evolution>

    Really? You actually think you can build an animatronic mechanism
    that more accurately models an extinct creature than building a
    *model* of it in an environment of your choosing?

    Sounds like someone just wants an excuse to build robots that
    look like dinosaurs...

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  • From Bill Sloman@21:1/5 to Don Y on Thu Oct 24 14:19:37 2024
    On 24/10/2024 2:00 pm, Don Y wrote:
    <https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/23/long-extinct-animals-resurrected-robots-evolution>

    Really?  You actually think you can build an animatronic mechanism
    that more accurately models an extinct creature than building a
    *model* of it in an environment of your choosing?

    Sounds like someone just wants an excuse to build robots that
    look like dinosaurs...

    Dinosaurs are three dimensional objects, and modelling stuff in 3-D is computationally expensive.

    When Cambridge Instrument first got 3-D drafting software, they used it
    to generate four designs for a large volume scanning chamber.

    The first design didn't have any room for the cabling. The second design
    and the third designs did include enough space to accommodate the
    cables, but didn't put it where the cables needed to go.
    The fourth design worked, but was too bulky for most customers.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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