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HomePCTBill PowersOn Computing Output

On Computing Output

April 17, 2022 Dag Forssell Bill Powers, Papers, PCT

William T. Powers

Notes on the notion that the brain plans our movements and issues commands to muscles, pre-computing the precise muscle movements for people or robots.

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