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DFRobotShop Rover - Mobile Tracked Arduino Based

We are proud to announce that the DFRobotShop Rover, an Arduino-compatible robotic tracked platform, is available for immediate purchase right now. The Rover has been available for pre-order for some time on the RobotShop website but it is only tod

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/blog/show/the-dfrobotshop-rover-is-here-arduino-goes-mobile
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A comment of sorts, not just about this kit, but also my humble thoughts about the future of robotics.

http://myspinonnews.blogspot.com/2010/08/robotics-on-budget.html

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Hi Anders,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We share many of your points of view regarding the Rover and Robotics in general.

Keep up the great comments!

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Thanks for positive feedback.

I wrote a brief complementing note:
http://myspinonnews.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-reflections-on-robotics.html

Probably more controversial this time :).

Cheers,
Anders

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Anders, keep contributing your thoughts. they are rather interesting (BTW, my personal favourite is Python).

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Python’s good from a coding perspective. It’s quick to code in and easy to read. I did some Python coding for a Telit self-contained GSM module.

I won’t start a language pros and cons thread, as so many have opinions about it.

As Android phones are overflowing the market, I’ve considered hooking up devices to such via USB (even though I suspect they can’s act USB hosts) and then programming the control software in Java, and of course use the display/touch-screen as control panel.

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Some more: http://myspinonnews.blogspot.com/2010/08/discussing-robotics-on-facebook.html

Do you know of sites that are into the same thinking?

Cheers