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<p class="MsoNormal">Frank writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Marc and I did an experiment that involved solving differential equations (first principles) offline and storing the results in very large tables. In real time the walking machine fits curves (not first principles) to the tables to determine
how to move a joint to achieve balance.<br>
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Is that an example of a synthesis?”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’d call that a space/speed tradeoff, a computational trick to work within resource constraints.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Marcus <o:p></o:p></p>
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