29 Design of Low-Cost Equipment for Cognitive Robot Research

MARK I DEVICE A minimal:robot,Icnown as Freddy, has been constructed with the aim of connecting a usable device on-line to the Department's lc L 4130, under the Multi-Pop time-sharing system, and discovering the snags. (See figure 1). Freddy Mark 1 and his world Various technical problems arise when such a device runs free. It is much easier to anchor it and allow it to push its world about. Our present world is a three-foot diameter sandwich of hardboard and polystyrene which is light and rigid. Provided that the weights of robot and slab are chosen correctly, a wide range of movements is possible.