One of the biggest factors would be the power supply. You need a large battery/many small batteries to operate the motors. If they could somehow distribute the batteries within the motors then it could be more realistic. Also, if batteries were in the motors you could do away with wires and use Bluetooth control for motors.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:18 PM Subject: [Lejos-discussion] Gumstix > > The Oct 2 issue of InformationWeek has an article on page 23 about a > miniature computer from a company called Gumstix that is the size of > a stick of gum, runs Linux, has 64MB, 200 Mhz Intel XScale > motherboard, and costs just $165. Why doesn't the NXT have this kind > of memory. Then I was wondering whether it would be feasible to > incorporate this device onto an NXT robot, letting the NXT handle all > the low-level device level stuff, but put the higher intelligence in > the Gumstix device. If Gumstix supported Bluetooth, that could solve > the connectivity problem, as I don't know of a way to go between the > Gumstix ethernet and the NXT. Any thoughts? > > Dave Jordan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Lejos-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lejos-discussion > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Lejos-discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lejos-discussion
