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Fujitsu's HOAP-3, Programmable Linux robot

Posted by timothy on from the hoap-to-it dept.

zmcnulty writes "Fujitsu Automation announced their "HOAP-3" robot yesterday, a 60cm (24in.) robot with a dash of open-source goodness. The robot contains a Pentium M 1.1GHz processor and runs RT-Linux, but Fujitsu also said they'll be releasing the internal interface info for programmers to take a stab at. The original Japanese press release is available here, and at my site we have a translation of the Japanese ITmedia article covering it. No price until it actually hits stores."

3 of 103 comments (clear)

  1. Re:now if we can just get them to swarm by FleaPlus · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm just wondering if/when the following robot story is going to hit slashdot:

    New Scientist: Robot hand performs remote breast checks

  2. Re:w00t! Linux Death Machine! by cloudofstrife · · Score: 4, Informative
    I would just like to be the first to welcome our impressively-armed HOAP-3 rulers. May their reign be long and (hopefully) peaceful.

    Wait, they don't actually have those. I'm glad I RTFA.

  3. Re:power hungery by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 2, Informative

    A type 27 marine 12v battery on a little wagon can supply 1KW hr. So the robot could roam, with a cart behind it, for 4 hrs.