Looking Back
30, 20, and 10 Years Ago in OPN
A simple vision machine; magnetic storage; laser pico-projectors.
1989 [IBM]
“The simplest possible paradigm is to compose a system from independent modules that do not communicate directly at all. Surprisingly, reasonably complex systems can be constructed in this manner … We implemented a system on our robot … that finds, tracks, and bounces a balloon in real time … [and] consists of five independently operating agents that take visual input and output motor commands.”
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