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Hacking the RoboSapien

unassimilatible writes "The RoboSapien is a cool humanoid robot toy with pretty decent dexterity and 67 pre-programmed instructions. But the folks at The University of Freiberg have made the RoboSapien autonomous by installing a Pocket PC to its head. The Pocket PC is equipped with a camera and communicates via infrared to the robot, and the whole monstrosity can be programmed with Visual C++. The full API is available for download. I, for one, welcome..."

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  1. MS Whore Sapien by Eminor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and the whole monstrosity can be programmed with Visual C++

    So it can only be programmed with this specific brand? It can't be programmed with g++?

    1. Re:MS Whore Sapien by soliaus · · Score: 0, Flamebait
      Shutup. You could not possibly know what you are talking about. Do you even understand the fundamental principle of the human minds ability to associate known items of relevance with the current usage of a certian relevant product? AKA...if you knew the differences between the two items of your claimed open-source moral dilemma, you would not have opened your brain to make this comment.

      For those of you who dont want to read that, I said something about open-source and spoke intelligently. Mod me up bitches.

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