tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post5342565112389975330..comments2024-03-25T09:31:36.926+01:00Comments on Furahan Biology and Allied Matters: Walking machines III: the abiological onesSigmund Nastrazzurrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-33575457600565217862009-11-10T22:05:52.963+01:002009-11-10T22:05:52.963+01:00I think there might actually be one or two 'pa...I think there might actually be one or two 'pantograph'style skeletal constructions in nature, in fishes' jaws and perhaps some bird wings. I would have to find proof of that though...<br /><br />Anonymous: quite right. The 'Big Dog' is a good example of a robot with a 'nervous system'. What I meant was the type of mechanical device that is still the norm: less of a nervous system than a worm...Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-26260401824985283222009-11-10T21:41:15.627+01:002009-11-10T21:41:15.627+01:00Unless, of course, said "organisms" are ...Unless, of course, said "organisms" are highly derived robots. But then again there is no reason why one could not just program a computer brain to calculate all the motions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-37058713135841010032009-11-07T18:38:55.997+01:002009-11-07T18:38:55.997+01:00These are cool.
I agree that a life-form is much ...These are cool.<br /><br />I agree that a life-form is much better off with legs that it can use to do useful things like change direction, or walk over bumps.<br /><br />But i think one could find specific edge cases where <i>something</i> like these might be practical.<br /><br />Like what about seed pods in an environment with negligible wind, and perhaps no animals. Simple mechanical "legs" might carry it beyond the parent plant... powered by some pressurized gas perhaps? It wouldn't matter than most get stuck and fall over.<br /><br />It does seem far fetched, but so does earth life too sometimes.j. w. bjerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06800512284198234202noreply@blogger.com