Comments on: The Theme is: Random http://futilecycle.com/2008/02/11/the-theme-is-random A Wandering Through Life and Science Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: The Real Ben http://futilecycle.com/2008/02/11/the-theme-is-random#comment-4378 The Real Ben Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:07:43 +0000 http://futilecycle.com/2008/02/11/the-theme-is-random#comment-4378 Define "signal" and "noise" :-P Define “signal” and “noise” :-P

]]> By: Eric http://futilecycle.com/2008/02/11/the-theme-is-random#comment-4339 Eric Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:10:29 +0000 http://futilecycle.com/2008/02/11/the-theme-is-random#comment-4339 Perhaps "machine" is a better word. But still... Not to offend robot designers, but a lot of robotics tends to be more deterministic, and less stochastic. Sure, there's noise and stochastic processes in terms of chattering, feedback circuits, image processing, and so on, but in terms of the concept of robotics, we try to make them as deterministic as possible. On the other hand, biology is much more random; ordinary differential equations only go so far in terms of describing biology, for example. I think the signal to noise ratio is much less in biology than robotics. Perhaps “machine” is a better word. But still…

Not to offend robot designers, but a lot of robotics tends to be more deterministic, and less stochastic. Sure, there’s noise and stochastic processes in terms of chattering, feedback circuits, image processing, and so on, but in terms of the concept of robotics, we try to make them as deterministic as possible.

On the other hand, biology is much more random; ordinary differential equations only go so far in terms of describing biology, for example. I think the signal to noise ratio is much less in biology than robotics.

]]> By: Alex http://futilecycle.com/2008/02/11/the-theme-is-random#comment-4314 Alex Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:40:36 +0000 http://futilecycle.com/2008/02/11/the-theme-is-random#comment-4314 I'm not sure that robot designers would be happy with you saying that robots are not random! I’m not sure that robot designers would be happy with you saying that robots are not random!

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