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Intel combines Robots, WLANs, and Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the stealthy-wardrivers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article by a researcher in Intel's Emerging Platforms Lab details some of Intel's current research into wireless, mobile robotics technology. A key goal of the effort, according to the article, is to efficiently combine the two technologies -- mobile robotics and wireless networks -- so that mobile robots can serve as gateways into wireless sensor networks. The Intel project is providing robotics researchers with a robotics development package that includes standardized silicon, a Linux-based open-source operating system, and open-source software drivers for robotics applications. Additionally, Intel has released a test version of a technical library for building Bayesian networks, which will help advance the ability of robots to navigate their environments, and pilot systems based on Intel's open-source packages are already being deployed in a variety of flexible environments in agricultural, security, and military applications."

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  1. Re:SHIT AND POOP AND SHIT by Eric+Ass+Raymond · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The next Slashdot story will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and see it early!

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  2. Will robots be able to have sex? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will robots be able to have sex? I wouldn't buy it without this feature.

  3. Russia? by evilviper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In communist America, WLANs wardrive you!

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  4. 5-step program. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Step 1: Build robot.
    Step 2: Appease linux zealots and put redhat on it.
    Step 3: Wirelessly network said robot.
    Step 4: ???
    Step 5: Profit!!!

  5. Re:The Three Laws of Robitcs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Someone here once said that like beauty the difference between a "+1 Funny" and a "-1 Troll" is in the mind of the reader.