Genghis (robot)

Genghis was a six legged insect-like robot that was created by roboticist Rodney Brooks at MIT around 1991.

In order to mimic this trait found in insects Brooks "removed all cognition processors from Genghis and left only the sensors and the code/hardware to allow it to walk".

With Genghis, Brooks pioneered his "sensation-action theory of intelligence which was to bypass explicit cognition hubs in favor of pairing perception more directly with action".

Each leg was programmed with a few basic behaviors and knew how to react under different scenarios based on sensor feedback.

These processes exist independently, run at all times and fire whenever the sensory preconditions are true.