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Ask: A good robotics platform for a programmer with minimal HW
2 points by sown on Feb 15, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
Of course, I would need to get better at circuits and things. :)<p>I've seen the iRobot Create, the Willow Garage create, and a couple of other similar platforms but I want to focus on the software right now. I remember seeing a hobby robot with a laptop but I can't seem to remember it this second.<p>I was inspired by the nnrccar posting that made the rounds earlier but I find that my hardware skills are not so great right now. Embedded stuff is fine (I do that during the day at a network hardware company, although our tool chain is super complex).<p>Do you have any recommendations?


lego mindstorms. They're programable (python, ada, a bunch of languages) little robots. and they're cheap enough for parents to buy their children.


I've thought about that. Can I really make a good prototype of something out of it, though? I have some coin to throw around (~$1,000) so I want something that I can make a MVP. Of course, I'm new to this, so maybe I'm wrong about that, too. :)




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