Ohh how I wish I had read through my posts before going to Robocup. I had the chance to talk with Peter Stone!!! I could have discussed some of my ideas with him and maybe coauthored a paper with him on this. Oh well maybe I can do it at GMU. Well, I just remembered… Continue reading Note to self
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Theoretical aspects roads
So, abstractly what is a road. It is a queue for vehicles. Intersections allow elements (vehicles) to change queues. In this thought experiment I will abstract away lanes to just increased bandwidth and a corresponding increased throughput. Essentially, the idea with dynamically changing road systems is two fold: one, we want the transitions between queues… Continue reading Theoretical aspects roads
Random thought
This is sort of random… Have you ever seen a Jacobs Ladder? I was thinking of putting a floating farm on a Jacobs ladder type structure. http://edwinsanimatedimages.com/jacobs_ladder.htm I’ll have to think later if how bad it would work…
Dynamic road system scalable?
Is my idea for the dynamic road systems scalable to current road networks or will new road constructs need to be developed? I think the current networks will work perfectly. Because the main construct I think will be the figure-eight. This will allow the system to change. This is already present in most networks in… Continue reading Dynamic road system scalable?
Thoughts on traffic and shopping
When we have autonomous cars will we be able to have the ability to make roads bi-directional? Meaning during parts of the day one or both side of the road could be going in the same direction. Or sometimes switching (like going from USA style to driving like people in England). Or will our roads… Continue reading Thoughts on traffic and shopping
Robot-Virtual-agent interaction
So there would be a variety of robots. There would be lots of mini scouter robots. These types of robots would be distributed throughout the grid. Their job would be to detect when a break occurs in the wire and then to determine the exact location. Then they would alert their commander and then either… Continue reading Robot-Virtual-agent interaction
Agent-Robot Interaction and app idea
I think that the AI would be able to jump around and that it would have access to various other AI like functions like vision, planning, scheduling, communication that reside on the system that it is interacting with. However, its behavior, decision making, goals, history, higher-level learning ability would be part of itself. Therefore, it would interface… Continue reading Agent-Robot Interaction and app idea
The Flight to Joao Pessoa
It was a very very long journey, about 27 hours, to get from Dulles to Joao Pessoa. I made the trip with David Freelan and Stephen Arnold. We went from Dulles to Miami in 3hr and then had a 5hr layover there. Then we had about an 8hr red eye flight to Rio De Janeiro.… Continue reading The Flight to Joao Pessoa
GMU’s Multicampus Smartgrid
This would be awesome! GMU has multiple campuses and it is a state school. So, it would be awesome if GMU could be funded to create a smart grid for their campuses. So, I would be able to do live experiments rather than just simulating. Well probably I would have to do a lot of… Continue reading GMU’s Multicampus Smartgrid
Smart grid
I am starting to think that my application area for MAL will be in smart grid tech. I was talking to Stephen (PhD student that works at the NRL) and he suggested Navy ships and subs as a possible place to look into. So, I looked it up and they do seem to already use… Continue reading Smart grid