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Janak Parekh
10-06-2004, 05:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://weblogs.asp.net/mikehall/archive/2004/10/05/238245.aspx' target='_blank'>http://weblogs.asp.net/mikehall/arc.../05/238245.aspx</a><br /><br /></div>You thought the <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32408">hacked RoboSapien</a> was hard-core? Think again. I wonder if the fact that he's using an iPAQ 3600/3700 series device means anything... :lol:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20041005-iPAQRobot.jpg" /><br /><br /><i>"I watched a lot of Japanese cartoons when I was a kid so I always wanted to make an android. I saw the Sony SDR-4 around 3 years ago and I knew that it is the time to go for my dream. I know Sony SDR-4 is right in functionality but wrong for pricing. I know that end user need a powerful but acceptable price android. I started with searching the android world. I found that wheel based robots are cheap but not fancy enough. So I decided to go for RC servo based android because it is about $3000 like the price of a new PC."</i>

maximus
10-06-2004, 06:35 AM
Awesome. Equip it with a powerful AI, make it waterproof, teach it to wash car, do laundry, wash dishes and vacuum a house ...

Wiggster
10-06-2004, 08:21 AM
Awesome. Equip it with a powerful AI, make it waterproof, teach it to wash car, do laundry, wash dishes and vacuum a house ...

http://www.wiggster.com/images/ppct/GirPPC.gif

Kaber
10-06-2004, 09:04 AM
Did he say $3000 = like the price of a new PC?

I won't be upgrading for a while.

lapchinj
10-06-2004, 10:34 PM
Definitely a cool iPAQ 8) but a little out of my budget :cry: . I guess I'll have to stay with my Lego Brick for a while longer :D .

Besides, in order to enjoy a hobby like that you have to be able to show off your stuff to fellow geeks doing the same nutty stuff. It's going to be hard to scrape together a user group with that kind of price tag. But it would be cool to try. I just happen to have an extra iPAQ 3700 laying around (running Linux at the moment) - It's a start :drool: I think I'm getting hooked.

Jeff-