Hello folks! Thank you for taking the time and all the excellent views.
Nigel Goodwin said:
Yes, if it isn't moving already, then all you're doing is asking it to complete a pre-programmed series of instructions. The question was about 'controlling' it, not executing a series of preloaded commands.
The vehicle should move only by commands.
Nigel Goodwin said:
But, as I've I've said all along, you still need feedback, either internally in the vehicle, or via the remote control - a mechanical vehicle won't go straight unless there's something to keep it straight -
A moving wheel or a bycycle will continue to move, unless it hits an obstacle. Depending on the kind, it may continue to move , maybe in a different direction. A car will take the resultant vector of all the possible obstructions. Will this happen due to Feedback or Force?
DirtyLude said:
You are thinking that a track has to be some kind of constrained course, when it could just as easily be a series of way points. Exact straight lines are not required, just hitting a particular mark or location is needed to continue.
This was something I had'nt thought of, Thanks Mark.
Nigel Goodwin said:
The slightest difference in loading either side will throw it off track, but more likely slight differences in the vehicle will throw it off - people can't even walk in a straight line with their eyes closed!.
Suppose the steering is spring loaded and centered?
We tried this, again. Immediately reading your post, I woke up some of my students and asked them to walk blind-folded. Then I asked them to "memorise" the terrain and try. They reported better success with the memory excercise.
( I did not do this myself as I'm good at this by training )
This is what I would to to test: Behaviour, Memory and Anticipation. Can they be ' intutive' or conditioned' ? and what possible method would suit the Human nature.
DirtyLude said:
You're right, 5 minutes turns this more into a series of preloaded commands than control, unless the user wants to sit and wait 5 minutes to see what their commands have accomplished before issuing a new command.
Correct!
DirtyLude said:
I think as a perception experiment 5 minutes is way too long. I would think seconds delay would be adequate enough to throw off the person controlling and still allow things to keep moving. Given enough time and practice the user would be able to anticipate when to send the commands based on where the car will be after the delay is over.
Maybe. Action-Perception cycle is fundamental to all intelligent creatures. When the agent acts, it interacts with the environment and 'changes' things or how it 'perceives' it. Behaviour will tend to modify this Action-Perception cycle according to 1) a predetermined sequence 2) an unpredictable action or 3) an action determined by its 'state of mind'
Eg: A squirrel may either run or oscillate between hunger and fear when a threat stands between food and itself.
With a 5 minute delay, How difficult will it be ? and what could be the resulting actions?
This is what I wish to determine. I wish to build and fit this system to one of my Robots as an experiment, if possible. This could be a collaborative group project, Research If you may!