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Uploaded by on Nov 30, 2006

A demo of the PC based robot we are building. Look for the article on how to build this robot in the Robot Magazine spring issue.

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  • that is not a robot that is only one component AGGGH!! 
  • Robot wars, anyone?

  • Almost without exception, all current commercial mobile robots are uC.

    But as I noted, uC's don't have the processing power to accomplish complex tasks. For that you need PC's, and preferably off-board.

  • And if you really want to cut down on power then use PC104. But if your going this route you will cut down on development has much, from my experience PC104 are better than uControllers but they still take up time.

  • Not solid state relays i meant to say SOLID STATE DRIVES!!

  • I have build several bots, and after a while you will realize that using a pc as a platform for your bot code cuts down on development. Microcontrollers are great for amatures but doesn't fly when you need to rapidly develop a prototype. Although I use LabVIEW, and using a microATX with an intel atom processor along with solid state relays you can really cut down on power. REMEMBER TIME IS MONEY SO THINGS NEED TO BE DONE QUICK. But if this is strictly for fun then do what you want.

  • Youtube - how you too can interact with millions of idiots...

    All things considered, I'm ready to write this discussion off as "another idiot on youtube".

    As a parting query, are you familiar with what it means to develop a "platform"? Specifically that which sets the bar for what a system can and can not do? Just because something comes off the bench controlled by a remote (which could as easily be done with R/C receivers)doesn't mean it doesn't get a camera and SLAM tomorrow.

  • i think u talk a lot more then you yourself have done .

    let's not compare the sizes of our members . i never loose .

  • I agree, I probably would. I've done development in the microcontroller space for nearly 25 years. More than two dozen patents and hundreds of mil in sales. As a CTO in the embedded space for over a decade pushing the envelope in video compression/decompression on everything from FPGAs to the latest ARMs, I just don't get out much... [roll eyes]

    What a platform does today is not what it's intended to do tomorrow. Maybe you should look consider THOSE fundamentals?

  • yah that sounds like i'd enjoy doing that on a pc . a microcontroller wouldn't be up to that challenge .

    but this particular project i commented on is a remote control pc . it's not a robot . and all that could be done with a microcontroller . that's all i'm saying .

    i'd like to encourage ppl to get into microcontroller development because it helps with understanding the fundementals .

    it appears u'd benefit from it too .

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