Boxes (pole)
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- University of Edinburgh
- Organisation type
- Academia
- Country
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Published
- 1 July 1968
- Authors
- Michie and Chambers
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Games
- Task
- Pole balancing
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Training data
- tokens
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Why it is tracked
- Historical significance
- Record confidence
- Unknown
- Citations
- 590
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Boxes: An Experiment in Adaptive Control
- Last updated
- 11 February 2026
What the numbers mean
About this model
Boxes (pole) was published by University of Edinburgh, in the country recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, during July 1968. The category the publisher falls under is academia.
It works in the domain of Games, and is recorded as performing the task of pole balancing.
Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.
Training and provenance
Its inclusion criterion: historical significance.
Answers
Boxes (pole) — common questions
Boxes (pole)— how many parameters does it have?
No parameter count has been published for it, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.
Boxes (pole)— who created it?
It was published by University of Edinburgh, based in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, an organisation categorised as academia.
Boxes (pole)— when was it released?
It was published in July 1968. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
Boxes (pole)— what is it used for?
It works in the domain of Games, and is recorded as handling the task of pole balancing. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.
Boxes (pole)— what GPU do I need to run it?
None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
Boxes (pole)— is it open source?
The licensing was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.
The other direction
Looking at it from the other side?
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