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Why would an andro-morphic, autonomous robotic mechanism follow a dynamically unstable posture as snake creeps down..an appearing body-form of the Yang Family and Chen Man-ching Yang Tai-Chi-exercise unless said robot was not programmed to adapt and delete ineffecient martial motions? http://waterspirit6x8.tripod.com
Thanks for commenting ambrotek6x8. I love the "andro-morphic, autonomous robotic" phrase :-)
Essentially, I think one very reasonable answer to your question is what I describe as "benchmarking" in my robotics framework - that the posture is a test case for the robot (precisely because it is so dynamically unstable). What fascinates me, is what would it mean for a robot to actually do tai chi? Maybe this posture is entirely for strength training for example, which of course would not be necessary for a robot...
Obviously you have some objections with this particular posture. That is an entirely valid opinion, and you may well be correct. But from a scientific perspective, I must ask can you justify, prove, or provide any evidence to back up your opinion? I am pretty confident the rigourous research that you would need to do so does not exist. It is my supposition in this blog, that having to program a robot to do tai chi, would be a way forward. It would be a means to get out of the "opinion impasse", and provide scientifically valid data and test cases to indisputably show what is efficient and what is not.
Why would an andro-morphic, autonomous robotic mechanism follow a dynamically unstable posture as snake creeps down..an appearing body-form of the Yang Family and Chen Man-ching Yang Tai-Chi-exercise unless said robot was not programmed to adapt and delete ineffecient martial motions?
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Thanks for commenting ambrotek6x8. I love the "andro-morphic, autonomous robotic" phrase :-)
ReplyDeleteEssentially, I think one very reasonable answer to your question is what I describe as "benchmarking" in my robotics framework - that the posture is a test case for the robot (precisely because it is so dynamically unstable). What fascinates me, is what would it mean for a robot to actually do tai chi? Maybe this posture is entirely for strength training for example, which of course would not be necessary for a robot...
Obviously you have some objections with this particular posture. That is an entirely valid opinion, and you may well be correct. But from a scientific perspective, I must ask can you justify, prove, or provide any evidence to back up your opinion? I am pretty confident the rigourous research that you would need to do so does not exist. It is my supposition in this blog, that having to program a robot to do tai chi, would be a way forward. It would be a means to get out of the "opinion impasse", and provide scientifically valid data and test cases to indisputably show what is efficient and what is not.