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Robot computing unit

What kind of "brains" does a robot have exactly, and can this info be added in text ? Not sure whether a robot is based

around a true computer (motherboard with CPU and operating system as Linux, autonomous system with Linux (eg microcontroller-based; eg Atmel168-based as Arduino)

or whether its based around a microcontroller with a OS especially written for the robot

The first one would allow eg the use of a regular small computer (eg mini-itx, eeeBox, gPC) to be implemented and provide the brains of the robot. It would thus allow open-source development of robots, as the operating source may be used for any robot, rather than needing to be made specifically for one robot.

I was wondering after reading a docment on the RoMeLa DARwIn bot see http://www.me.vt.edu/romela/RoMeLa/RoMeLa.html This bot is reportedly by either a RS-485 transmitter or a RS-232 wires, hereby implying control from a regular computer (running LabView and IMAQ Vision)

Many robots use both remotes as well as computers to be controlled. Robots that run on their own are said to be "autonomous" while remote controlled robots are "teleoperated". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.33.193 (talk) 01:54, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also see

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8489 http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6964826548.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.246.163.43 (talk) 09:02, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Humanoid Project

is it really open source? I can't find any downloads on their site. --UltraMagnus^speak 12:35, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I had a look through and it seems quite a few robots on the list were not open source, I have removed them. --UltraMagnus^speak 09:00, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]