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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>True,
but an ever better example is when you close your eyes, just letting them rest
from a long day of work, you have to mentally “see” the area around
you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> dprglist-bounces@dprg.org
[mailto:dprglist-bounces@dprg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>DeltaGraph@aol.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 08, 2006 8:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> swindle@compuserve.com; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">dprglist@dprg.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DPRG] Are representations what makes Can Can hard? and
Odometry</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>John,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>>I've
been hanging around DPRG stuff for several years, hearing <br>
>about odometry, knowing that I don't do it myself when I walk <br>
>around in a dark room..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Is
that completely true?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>When
I walk around in a familiar dark room, I have a model of the room in my mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I
use walls to help realign myself in my model of the room. Doorways and
furniture help calibrate my position. I know about how far I move with
each step which is very helpful with getting across a room in the absence of
sensor information. Of course, the assumptions are incorrect at times,
feeling the "wrong" doorway and wondering why there is a wall
where the hallway should be or why there is a sink in the bedroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I
wonder if I was confined to a 2 wheeled differential drive platform and had no
vision (ever), what would happen then? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>-
Ron <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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