General > Biology
Multicellular organisms
Elite:
Here's some physics:
Look at the attached image. Two bots stuck together
The first thing the program does is decide where the centre of gravity is between the two bots. This will be somewhere on the line from point A to B.
The bots are stuck pretty fast and won't budge. They will move together as if they were one
One more thing you've got to be aware of - turning force - if bot A decides to go forwards (upward) then:
I) Both bots will be moved forward
ii) The two bots will be spun around their centre of gravity with a force proportional to:
Turning force = force x perpendicular distance from pivot (centre of gravity)
So if bot A decides to move left then there will be no turning force (perpendicular distance remember)
There ya go! :D
Numsgil:
That would be rigid body mechanics, which is what I'm working on for ties... So it's a good solution.
The question then is what the difference between ties and this sticky force would be exactly. If there isn't any practical difference, then there might not be any reason to create a new one.
MrMound:
umm... theres no image up for me! I cant see any thumbnails or anything, do you know why?
Numsgil:
Can you see our Avater pictures?
Elite:
The difference is in application. To fire a tie you have to face and fire. To stick a bot you just need to touch them.
I find ties hard to control sometimes :wacko:
If I were building a DB replica of quite a complex multicellular organism (10+ cells?) then ties might not be enough. It would be insanely difficult to program such a thing at the moment, but if there was an easier way maybe larger MBs could be made.
The most complex MB that I know of to date is PYs Hexagonis (6 cells), and even that is pushing the limits, and although it is quite a marvelous feat of cellular engineering it's not that good a fighter (or at surviving at all very well).
I'm not that keen on my sticky method either though :( what might be good is to have a permanent birth tie.
What keeps the cells of higher organisms (like us) together?
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version