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Fujitsu To Ship Linux Powered Robot in July

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bop-whirr-zoop dept.

Radical Rad writes "The Register is reporting that Fujitsu will be shipping a consumer robot in July called HOAP for Humanoid Open Architecture Platform and it will be running a real-time version of Linux. They plan to release info on the controls system to make it possible to program using C/C++. The 7 kg robot is wired with USB and can have an optional 802.11b transceiver." This thing could be a lot of fun to program and send around the house.

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  1. Standard M$ Joke by taped2thedesk · · Score: 0, Troll

    "We are Borg... shut down your OS and surrender your hard drive - your technological distinctiveness will be infused with bugs and security flaws and added to our own. Resistance is futile."