Re: [Borg-asm-devel] Input/Ouput

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> > > I think it's best to do the sensor input using portals.
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand the notion portals. Can somebody provide a
> link or a short explanation please?

I think that what was meant is this: a bot's AI (I'm not implying that it is
indeed something in the AI category, can be just usual programming as in "go
round in circles") may (and probably will) request information about the
bot's environment. This information would include all simulated parameters that
may be perceived by the bot, the limitations being the bot's simulated
sensors' FOV and data filters that would have to be set by either the hardware
module or the AI.
 
> I also don't understand, why some 3D data should be used as the
> universal datatype.

It shouldn't, except when 3D data is sent. Btw, a universal typing library
would be cool.

[Pull vs. Push vs. Layered]

The push model seems the most sane to me out of two reasons - it's close to
biology (reaction to stimulus) and it would (probably) create less CPU load
than the pull model. A layered hierarchy is implementable, but I agree with
Thorsten's critique - it's too awkward.

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