I reakon a robot by definition should be able to do at least two completly different activities automatically, like vacuum and iron, otherwise its simply a vacuuming machine or an ironing machine.
The US is such a vast country with so much going on that there are a lot of unusual and extreme things, that it probably gets the reputation for being extreme, when its really quite average in most situations.
I did a project based on www.rtlinux.com software
a year ago. On my dual SMP 450Mhz intel system, I get
maximum 30 microseconds latency, as long as I dont
use my modem.
All device drivers have to be re-compiled though.
Similar software is available for NT. However it
is difficult to recompile device drivers for it.
If a device driver disables interrupts, then the
real-time concept gets preempted.
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I reakon a robot by definition should be able to do at least two completly different activities automatically, like vacuum and iron, otherwise its simply a vacuuming machine or an ironing machine.
The US is such a vast country
with so much going on that there are a lot of unusual and extreme things, that it probably gets the reputation for being extreme, when its really quite average in most situations.
Yeah. I read about O'neills space colonies back in the seventies. Unfortunately.
- There is nothing on the moon valuable enough as a commodity worth bringing back to Earth
- Robots are much better in space than humans
- The only industry requiring people in space is tourism.
- O'neill envisaged a trillion people in his colonies. It would be cheaper to hollow out mountains on Earth to house them.
Ergo, If you really want to open up space to people, think tourism.
All device drivers have to be re-compiled though.
Similar software is available for NT. However it is difficult to recompile device drivers for it. If a device driver disables interrupts, then the real-time concept gets preempted.