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Google, Intel, Microsoft Fund Robot Recipes

Posted by samzenpus on from the cook-until-sentient dept.

Dotnaught writes "Google, Intel, and Microsoft are funding what may become a robot invasion. Money from the three tech companies has enabled researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to create a new series of Internet-connected robots that almost anyone can build using off-the-shelf parts. These "recipes" describe how to build a robot that connects to the Internet using common parts and a $349 Qwerk controller from Charmed Labs."

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  1. Hows this for $350 - And it plays video games too! by jdogalt · · Score: 5, Informative

    $129 - Nintendo DS
    $54 - Supercard-Lite-MicroSD
    $15 - 1GB microSD
    $49 - DSerial2
    $99 - RoboDS
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    $350

    Combine with the open source full linux wifi environment, and I don't know why you'd want to spend $350 on that controller (I'm lazy and haven't even read the specs on the thing, but seriously, I can't imagine there is anything the roboDS can't do that it could)

    http://www.natrium42.com/shop/robods.php

    -dmc/jdog