Will the Genesi Efika MX Smarttop work as a robot brain?

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I’ve been looking at more powerful computers to act as, among other things, a brain for my robot. It seems to be ideal for what I’m looking to do, but it’s difficult to find reviews for this device that go further than “what’s in the box.”

So far what I’ve read is mostly good, although some people have issues with it just hanging after a while. That seems to be indicative of a faulty unit though. The biggest concern I’ve seen is that someone posted how surprised they were that this unit wont boot without an HDMI connection. Is this true? I need something that doesn’t require a monitor to act as a server/host.

Thanks!

You should be able to boot this unit without a screen attached to it. However, the firt time you boot it, you will probably need a screen to set your Linux installation up.