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Valen
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microsoft robots

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17016&ch=biztech

$5 Plan-B would own them ;->
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$5 says Revenge of 386 could own them Laughing
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i spose i shouldnt be too up myself Plan-F radio runs on windows.
lol is it froiden that i wrote mysql twice when i was attempting to write myself, Blast, i just did it again)
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I cant wait until Plan-F gets a blue screen of death.. Razz

Well, not really, but Microsoft-OS powered combat bots seem strangely worrying for some reason.. Wink
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Microsoft-OS powered combat bots seem strangely worrying for some reason..


I can envision the reality of iRobot now... Shocked
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Futaba didnt trust Windows CE when they used it as a GUI for their top-of-the-line 14mz radio

from http://www.14mz.com/ - "The 14MZ takes advantage of two separate internal processors for maximum efficiency and reliability. A custom Futaba processor expertly directs all functions dedicated to flight control. Input for general operating tasks — such as set-up and programming — is processed by Windows CE."

So the Windows GUI can crash, but the actual RC link is run from a seperate independant micro.
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RC aeroplanes dont have a "tap out" button is why i would deffinatly do it that way if i were doing it for that market (windows GUI, MCU for important stuff). For robot combat, i dont see running through a PC as being a problem. We are generally too dynamic in our bots configuration to make a MCU based TX worth the effort.

The probbability of an OS error in any given 3 minute period is pretty low. I'm more worried about the wires coming off the motors ;->.

All the hybrid cars i have dreamed up have a PC for GUI and a MCU to do the day to day stuff (and as a "limp home mode", the car would run without the PC, but it wouldnt have all the funkyness the PC can bring wrt power profiles etc.)
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