MichaelMeissner:
Gadgetron:
For those that are interested I decided to go with the DFRobotShop Rover V2 - Arduino Compatible Tracked Robot (XBee Kit)
http://www.robotshop.com/dfrobotshop-rover-tracked-robot-xbee-kit-4.htmlThe main reasons I went with this kit: Arduino based, and expandable. Once I get it up and running I am planning on adding a raspberry pi or pandaboard to it and see how far I can push it.
Cool. BTW, I just noticed that you live in Westford, MA. I work in Westford, MA (at IBM) and live in Ayer, MA. I haven't had much time to hack on electronics recently.
o_lampe:
Not sure, what the XBee shields could be used for?I would imagine you would use the XBee to send commands to the robot wirelessly from another Arduino or from a computer. You obviously would still need appropriate controls for the motors, so I suspect the XBee is in addition to the motor controllers, not replacing them.
Aye I noticed you live in MA as well. Nice to see a local on the boards! Some background on why I am getting into this. I started my first programming job about two years ago [C#] and now I want to learn more about C/C++. The best way for me to learn is to have fun with it so...
My plan with this kit going forward is as follows:
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Get it up and running so it can respond to "WASD" commands. I went with the xBee kit for the reasons stated above. I would like to talk to the robot over wireless and see if there is a way to send commands in real time.
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I would like to see what I can do with the robot once I give it an IP address
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Add some sensors
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Add a raspberry pi to the kit and see where that takes me.