"Fischertechnik Mobile Robots have been unleashed. For 13 years,
Fischerwerke ... has made snap-together robot kits -- essentially Erector
Sets with brains -- that connect to your computer with a 3.5-ft ribbon
wire. Previously, you could program your bot to follow a short routine, and
watch it perform on your desk. Now the robots are endowed with enough
onboard RAM to store instructions. Get the 350-piece kit, assemble it, and
write a program to send your invention to the kitchen and grab a snack from
the fridge. Mobile Robot: US$399. Tim King Electronics: +1(313)928 2598."
Doesn't say how much RAM. May be too inflexible to be interesting.
"Fischertechnik Mobile Robots have been unleashed. For 13 years,
Fischerwerke ... has made snap-together robot kits -- essentially Erector
Sets with brains -- that connect to your computer with a 3.5-ft ribbon
wire. Previously, you could program your bot to follow a short routine, and
watch it perform on your desk. Now the robots are endowed with enough
onboard RAM to store instructions.
primative compared to the 3.24 trillion qubit analog associational learning
robot at http://www.neutronicstechcorp.com but they wanted $23,000 to
$30,000 for a custom made robot.
Urgh... I looked at one of the papers they reference, at http://www.enticypress.com/papers/cop.htm. I'm half way through 127Kb
of text, and I've yet to see anything but woolly metaphors in their
description of mental and neural operation. Nicely designed web site,
but that's the only thing I can find to say in their favour.