December 21st, 2006
Gizmo of the Day: Model 914 PC-BOT
By: Chief Gizmateer, Gizmos for Geeks
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Welcome to the next step in robotics for hobbyists… the PC-BOT is a mobile robotics platform that runs off a PC allowing you to create new functional robots from off the shelf computer parts.
The robot basically is a mobile PC with standard bays and even runs the same operating systems that a PC runs (although the robot is scared of going blind if “upgraded” to Vista). The platform allows your computer to move, talk, see, hear, sense and can physically react and respond to the physical world.
It’s a bit pricey, but if you’re a true hobbyists what’s a couple thousand?
Source: Gizmos for Geeks
allen says:
If my new roomba costs a little over a hundred dollars, and this guys made out of mostly off the shelf PC parts, why does it cost nearly $5,000?
Pretty cool chassis, but a touch expensive isn’t it?
December 27th, 2006 at 12:14 pm