Will a modular robot constructor be interesting?

Question

Electronics

There is an idea to make a robot constructor based on our own platform, open source software and electronics in the form of a beagleboard or similar single-board.
I see the main drawback in the existing solutions in the wild price of the platform and mechanics (something interesting starts from several thousand American presidents) and in the absence of software sharpening for the platform. Everything has to be processed with a file.

Do you think such a thing will be in demand?

Answer 1

look at the roboforum.ru forum, there are projects and information there. You may find colleagues there.

Answer 2

>> Do you think such a thing will be in demand?
no people!!!
If the goal is NASA, then maybe they will like it :)
Where does such a wild price come from? Make it easier, now against the background of the topics
habrahabr.ru/blogs/controllers/120611/ - a microcontroller for less than $
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reduce the cost to $ 100, but in general write down what kind of robots what kind of scale

Answer 3

hudvin, as far as I remember, there was already such an open project, it might be easier to join it, for a start.

Answer 4

A Chinese craft made from an alloy of cardboard with plastic can cost 50.
For example, www.robotshop.com/dagu-4wd-thumper-mobile-platform.html looks good, but it's only good for fairly simple designs. You can’t hang a lot of sensors and electronics, but what you hang will look exactly like a laboratory craft - a pile of wires sticking out in all directions. Again, there is no ready-made software out of the box. The last time I killed about a month to somehow get some functionality to work.
www.robotshop.com/dr-robot-jaguar-4x4-mobile-platform-2.html - this is a very expensive, but functionally complete platform, except for the lack of sharpened software.
Personally, I would really like to have a robot that can be safely used in a variety of conditions and with a ready-made software package (for example, ROS).
Like a beefed up Lego Mindstorm. Otherwise, a lot of time is spent gluing the first with the second.

Answer 5

it would be interesting
1. a skeleton with basic software - it costs $ 50-100, but it has a computer and it is possible to connect with a regular PC to set an action program (such as the LOGO programming language used to be)
2. The ability to separately purchase cooler brains for $100-500 with software
3. Opportunity to separately upgrade mechanics for $200-500

Answer 6

can you suggest a link?

Answer 7

I saw that project. Didn't like it.
Firstly, there is only a controller on their platform, and secondly, the software that I want to use requires a full-fledged computer.

Answer 8

I would very much like that. The main thing is to be modular, ideally if at least some of the modules (for example, finishing) could be printed on a 3D printer.