10-06-2004, 05:00 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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iPAQ-Enabled Robot!
You thought the hacked RoboSapien was hard-core? Think again. I wonder if the fact that he's using an iPAQ 3600/3700 series device means anything... :lol:
"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."
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10-06-2004, 06:35 AM
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2000 Posts And This is All I Get?
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,017
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Awesome. Equip it with a powerful AI, make it waterproof, teach it to wash car, do laundry, wash dishes and vacuum a house ...
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10-06-2004, 08:21 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 589
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Originally Posted by Maximus
Awesome. Equip it with a powerful AI, make it waterproof, teach it to wash car, do laundry, wash dishes and vacuum a house ...
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10-06-2004, 09:04 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 495
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Did he say $3000 = like the price of a new PC?
I won't be upgrading for a while.
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10-06-2004, 10:34 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 481
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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  .
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-
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