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Roomba as resource for AI education and research?. Cost:. Size/Form:. ?. $160 for the wired version. $230 for the wireless (bluetooth). A tool, not a toy (not AIBO-cute!) Human-scale robotics. Disappoints small-robot lovers.

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  1. Roomba as resource for AI education and research? Cost: Size/Form: ? • $160 for the wired version. • $230 for the wireless (bluetooth) • A tool, not a toy (not AIBO-cute!) • Human-scale robotics. • Disappoints small-robot lovers Remarkably, the wired version when used with a laptop onboard is the far more powerful platform. Many will prefer to run the computation off-board, however. All people love AIBOs, but AIBO this isn’t. Some people love table-top robots, though more and more undergraduate students see them as toys. Computation: Software: • user-provided • No proprietary SW • 100% python drivers & visualizer • Windows, MacOSX, Linux • Runs in Pyro (python robotics) While some might consider user-provided computation a downside, the real question is “why pay for special-purpose computation when you/your department already has far more than you use?” Hence peripheral robots… . The true advantage here is that any language and OS supporting a serial port will work, i.e., everything. Two plusses because of the newness of the codebase. Portability: • Shipping: just keep the box • Carrying: it has a handle Expandibility: For demos, contests, exhibitions, or simply trying things out, this is an important, often overlooked criterion. Try shipping your lego ‘bot in its box. Just carrying it to another room can be fatal (it’s happened to me!) • Anything that speaks serial That is, you can use your Handy Board, Acroname BrainStem, Basic Stamp, cell phone, PDA, laptop or desktop computer to run the roomba. But, the additional sensors don’t come with the platform, as they do with Lego’s NXT. Buy as needed… . Ratings are my personally-biased & subjective opinions. (I don’t have a stake in any commercial venture.) Ruggedness: Best available As good as others • A commercial household item. • Built-in recognition of drop-offs • Simply no competition here. Not as good as others ? Do keep in mind this table is being paid for by RoboDynamics, though somehow I am not… which perhaps says more about my business acumen than anything else. (Z Dodds 5/2/06)

  2. Lego NXT Hemisson Cost: $250 Availability: Fall 2006 Size: tabletop Ruggedness: medium Expandability: medium Cost: $300 / $780 wl Availability: now Size: tabletop+ Ruggedness: medium Expandability: medium A Look at Robot Resources Handy Board 2 Cost: $650 Availability: Fall 2006 Size: tabletop+ Ruggedness: medium Expandability: high Khepera KIPR’s XBC Cost: $2000 Availability: now Size: tabletop Ruggedness: low Expandability: high $ Cost: $550 Availability: now Size: tabletop Ruggedness: medium Expandability: high Sony AIBO Cost: $2000 Availability: ebay Size: human-scale Ruggedness: medium Expandability: low Z Dodds 5/2/06

  3. Autonomous Roombas These products are available at www.roombadevtools.com RS232 Serial Port + Roomba $155 USB Port + Roomba $160 USB interface RS232 interface Bluetooth + Roomba $230 Basic Stamp + Roomba $230 available in summer, 2006 Bluetooth radio Roomba Red Already have a roomba? Interfaces are available separately. Quantity discounts are also available. Z Dodds 5/2/06

  4. Our roomba – Your laptop We also have laptops - and you’re welcome to get a roomba! Demos and trial runs available Thursday 10am Thursday 4pm Friday 10am Friday 4pm $160 wired - $230 wireless Interested further? Components, complete systems, and Visual Basic software is available at www.roombadevtools.com Open-source python software: www.cs.hmc.edu/~dodds/erdos Z Dodds 5/2/06

  5. Roomba as resource for AI education and research? Cost: • $160 for the wired version. • $230 for the wireless (bluetooth) Size/Form: ? • A tool, not a toy (not AIBO-cute!) • Human-scale robotics. • Disappoints small-robot lovers Software: • No proprietary SW • 100% python drivers & visualizer • Windows, MacOSX, Linux • Runs in Pyro (python robotics) Computation: • user-provided Expandibility: • Anything that speaks serial Portability: • Shipping: just keep the box • Carrying: it has a handle Ruggedness: • A commercial household item. • Built-in recognition of drop-offs • Simply no competition here. Try one out Z Dodds 5/2/06

  6. Roomba as resource for AI education and research? These docs’ URL: www.cs.hmc.edu/~dodds/erdos/docs Hardware URL: www.roombadevtools.com Software URL: www.cs.hmc.edu/~dodds/erdos/software Cost: Computation: • $160 for the wired version. • $230 for the wireless (bluetooth) • user-provided Expandibility: Size/Form: • Anything that speaks serial ? • A tool, not a toy (not AIBO-cute!) • Human-scale robotics. • Disappoints small-robot lovers Portability: • Shipping: just keep the box • Carrying: it has a handle Software: Ruggedness: • No proprietary SW • 100% python drivers & visualizer • Windows, MacOSX, Linux • Runs in Pyro (python robotics) • A commercial household item. • Built-in recognition of drop-offs • Simply no competition here. Z Dodds 5/7/06

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