==== robotics ====

'And what about basking in the divine light?  Certainly if we take a reductionistic view that mystical illumination is just a bath of intoxicating brain chemicals, then there seems to be no reason that machines couldn't occasionally be nudged into exceptional states as well.  But I prefer to suppose that mystical experiences involve an objective union with a higher level of mind, possibly mediated by offbeat physics such as quantum entanglement, dark matter, or higher dimensions.  Might a robot enjoy these true mystical experiences?  Based on my studies of the essential complexity of simple systems, I feel that any physical object at all must be equally capable of enlightenment.  As the Zen apothegm has it, "The universal rain moistens all creatures."  So, yes, I now think that robots can see God.' -- [[Rudy Rucker]]

==== related Nodes ====

  * [[Artificial Intelligence]]
  * [[Dynamic Systems]]
  * [[Artificial Life]]
  * [[Genetic Programming]]
  * [[SciArt]]
  * [[Biomimicry]]
  * [[Flying Robot]]
  * [[Swimming Robot]]
  * [[Modular Robotics]]
  * [[Motion Tracking]]
  * [[Robot Building]]
  * [[Evolutionary Robotics]]
  * [[Swarm Robotics]]
  * [[Artificial Life Bibliography]]
  * [[Computer Science]]
  * [[Simpets]]
  * [[Robot Hoaxes]]
  * [[Human Robot Relationships]]

==== random ====
  * cocroach controlled > http://conceptlab.com/roachbot/
  * http://kaspar.feis.herts.ac.uk/
  * [[pole dancing robot]]