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Bot Tavern / The Telephone
« on: June 14, 2006, 10:13:56 PM »
I think I've thought of a way to secure distance communication between robots.  
Quite simple, really: One robot uses an EGG (see my post on the HYDRA) to create another robot. This robot should attach itself to a plant or something, ideally. Then, the second robot can make itself fixed to the spot. THIS IS IMPORTANT!

Why, you may ask?

Simple! Once robots know where the telephone is (No, I haven't worked that out either) they can use Memory Shots (is that the term?) to pass info to the telephone. The telephone then can relay that information to another telephone, and (ideally) to another robot.

Still, just conjecture.

-TheArchivist

P.S. Yes, I'm using real-life organisms as a model: one species stores in its eggs information about all the cells the species will need. My way of coordinating this, as listed in HYDRA, is rather messy but I think it's workable. Again, any suggestion are most welcome.

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Bot Tavern / Project HYDRA
« on: June 14, 2006, 09:54:07 PM »
Well, Hello Everyone.
I suppose it's time for my introduction. *clears throat*
I was introduced to this game by a friend.
Seems quite interesting, but I didn't have any really good ideas to write...
Until recently.

Consider the following:

We have a single robot, the "egg". The egg contains genes for all the cells in the multi-cellular organism in question. The trick is that, given the default values, none of them work! When the egg feels that it should start growing (work with me here), it sets its first racial memory slot, and divides.

This is the clever part. When the next cell in line is produced, it stores the info in that first slot into a variable. (Make sure this slot is secure!) Now, for each gene that you want the new cell to use, each gene will check this variable to determine whether or not the gene should execute. Imagine - a single robot splitting into a diverse Organism!!! The possibilities are endless.

Coming next... Why I call it "HYDRA"

-TheArchivist
P.S. Feel free to add any comments, suggestions, etc. I'd like this to be a nice read for other Multi-Cellular programmers out there.

P.P.S. ARGH! I can't take it anymore!

My idea was that the egg would produce exactly one cell, the "head". The head then runs around, grabs a bite to eat, and then eventually creates a "tail" cell, which ties itself to the head. The head transfers energy to the tail, so that energy levels in the tail build up. When the tail gets enough energy, it creates another tail attached to it; at that point, the first tail stops trying to reproduce and simply passes energy, etc. down the line.
The brilliant part is this: if the tail realizes it's no longer getting energy - that is, if the connection to the head is severed - it switches behaviour. No longer is it a tail; it switches the variable mentioned in the first part of the post, and becomes for all purposes a HEAD!
In this manner the organism can "grow" and is rather difficult to eradicate.
How to reproduce? Let me get back to that later  

P.P.P.S.

On second thought, I'll go out and say it:

I'm having trouble understanding how robot programming works. That's why these ideas are still merely that. I'd appreciate help.

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