Updated: 3/2/2004; 8:02:49 AM.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2004

White Box Robotics, LLC creates standard PC based mobile robots. They've got a partnership with VIA and want to create a new PC-BOT industry aimed at "case 'modders."  After all, why create a PC with a coffee maker in it, when you can create a PC that moves by itself?

"Our platform, or "rig" as we call it, is based off of standard PC architecture. Similar to an industry standard PC case in construction, almost any off-the-shelf PC hardware can be used on the 912 platform with little or no modification. Any computer store in the world becomes your own personal robot parts bin!

The great thing is that anyone who can operate andor tinker together a PC can use or build one of these incredible machines! The finished robot runs Windows 98/ME/2000/XP as an operating system. For its robotic functions, such as motion or obstacle avoidance, the 912 uses Evolution Robotics Robot Control Center software."


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