As a hobbyist AI programmer with few hardware skills my dream is a for an out-of-the box robot with basic movement, sensors and maybe an arm that I can start programming for in a higher-level language. Rex looks like a huge step in that direction. If they could throw in a chassis for mounting standard motors and sensors, even my multi-thumbed self might be able to make it do something cool.
You should take a look at the Micro Magician V2 http://goo.gl/YunKFR, about a third of the size and motor driver/accelerometer/IR receiver built in. Great for small robots or doing high level coding (their Micro M library makes coding for those features a breeze)
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As a hobbyist AI programmer with few hardware skills my dream is a for an out-of-the box robot with basic movement, sensors and maybe an arm that I can start programming for in a higher-level language. Rex looks like a huge step in that direction. If they could throw in a chassis for mounting standard motors and sensors, even my multi-thumbed self might be able to make it do something cool.
You might want to check out ROS from the willow garage people. It's probably the right tool that you're looking for.
You should take a look at the Micro Magician V2 http://goo.gl/YunKFR, about a third of the size and motor driver/accelerometer/IR receiver built in. Great for small robots or doing high level coding (their Micro M library makes coding for those features a breeze)