Pololu release m3pi mbed robot!
Simon Ford.
Pololu have just released an mbed-based 3pi robot. Take a look at this:
These robots are great; very fast, and nice and robust too. And now with the power of mbed and peripherals like the USB Host interface, this should make it a superb platform for AI and wireless remote control robot experiments, whether you want to get deeply in to embedded code or just remote control it from your favourite PC language.
A component to note is the USB-A socket; this connects to the mbed USB host, and means you can plug in USB Disks (e.g. for route instructions) or even USB bluetooth dongles for wireless remote control via PC, Phone or even Wii Remote:
You can even control the robot over bluetooth using RPC (Remote Procedure Calls), allowing it to be controlled from a PC using your favourite programing language without having to write any embedded code:
You can see all the features of the board here:
This platform should have lots of possibilities. For more details, see the mbed Cookbook page and the Pololu website:
Looking forward to seeing how this gets used!
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New improved Pololu looks bit tacky but we know its fully loaded with req stuff :). Will we get a chance to try this for robo racing in this years arm embedded tech con ? Looks like now we are fully set to roll and roll the robotics experiments .. Well done folks great job