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| author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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| date | Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:54:43 -0400 |
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| 536 #+caption: density of touch sensors at the tip. | 536 #+caption: density of touch sensors at the tip. |
| 537 #+name: finger-side-view | 537 #+name: finger-side-view |
| 538 #+ATTR_LaTeX: :width 10cm | 538 #+ATTR_LaTeX: :width 10cm |
| 539 [[./images/finger-1.png]] | 539 [[./images/finger-1.png]] |
| 540 | 540 |
| 541 ** COMMENT Video game engines are a great starting point | 541 ** COMMENT Video game engines provide ready-made physics and shading |
| 542 | 542 |
| 543 I did not need to write my own physics simulation code or shader to | 543 I did not need to write my own physics simulation code or shader to |
| 544 build =CORTEX=. Doing so would lead to a system that is impossible | 544 build =CORTEX=. Doing so would lead to a system that is impossible |
| 545 for anyone but myself to use anyway. Instead, I use a video game | 545 for anyone but myself to use anyway. Instead, I use a video game |
| 546 engine as a base and modify it to accomodate the additional needs | 546 engine as a base and modify it to accomodate the additional needs |
| 2324 function: it returns the percent of the total muscle strength that | 2324 function: it returns the percent of the total muscle strength that |
| 2325 is currently being employed. This is analogous to muscle tension | 2325 is currently being employed. This is analogous to muscle tension |
| 2326 in humans and completes the sense of proprioception begun in the | 2326 in humans and completes the sense of proprioception begun in the |
| 2327 last section. | 2327 last section. |
| 2328 | 2328 |
| 2329 | |
| 2330 | |
| 2331 ** =CORTEX= brings complex creatures to life! | 2329 ** =CORTEX= brings complex creatures to life! |
| 2330 | |
| 2331 The ultimate test of =CORTEX= is to create a creature with the full | |
| 2332 gamut of senses and put it though its paces. | |
| 2333 | |
| 2334 With all senses enabled, my right hand model looks like an | |
| 2335 intricate marionette hand with several strings for each finger: | |
| 2336 | |
| 2337 #+caption: View of the hand model with all sense nodes. You can see | |
| 2338 #+caption: the joint, muscle, ear, and eye nodess here. | |
| 2339 #+name: hand-nodes-1 | |
| 2340 #+ATTR_LaTeX: :width 11cm | |
| 2341 [[./images/hand-with-all-senses2.png]] | |
| 2342 | |
| 2343 #+caption: An alternate view of the hand. | |
| 2344 #+name: hand-nodes-2 | |
| 2345 #+ATTR_LaTeX: :width 11cm | |
| 2346 [[./images/hand-with-all-senses.png]] | |
| 2347 | |
| 2332 | 2348 |
| 2333 ** =CORTEX= enables many possiblities for further research | 2349 ** =CORTEX= enables many possiblities for further research |
| 2334 | 2350 |
| 2335 * COMMENT Empathy in a simulated worm | 2351 * COMMENT Empathy in a simulated worm |
| 2336 | 2352 |