From: Bernard Hughes (bjhughes@istar.ca)
Date: Fri Oct 23 1998 - 20:25:38 MDT
Emmanuel Charpentier wrote:
> Bernard Hughes wrote:
> >
> > Hmm. Maybe Lego blocks have more potential than I thought. Don't have time to try
> > this out right now though. Pity.
>
> You need to take a look at this project:
> http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~robodyne/stellar/
>
> This is really a huge lego project, with implications in space
> conquest, medecine, machinery, etc, possibly a universal machine...
>
> Manu.
Yes. I'd bookmarked that before, but never got back to it. Worth checking. The
Robodyne building blocks look quite complex to me, but clever. I've always liked the
idea of building a macro assembler out of a diminishing series of half sized
components. Came up with the same notion myself some time back. The designer doesn't
address problems of positioning or error detection. So I think his claims are rather
over-hyped. Still, its more of a start than anyone else has done that I've heard of. Be
interesting to see where it goes.
Bernard
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