If you are looking for a small, low power x86 type computer you should
checkout the fit-pc2 <http://www.fit-pc.com/web/>.  We've had good success
with these computers.

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William Woodall
Graduate Software Engineering
Auburn University
w@auburn.edu
wjwwood@gmail.com
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On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Bill Mania <maniabill@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Homer,
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 06:24:22PM +0800, Homer Manalo wrote:
> > I'd like to know what kind of computer are you using for your robots. I
> > would also like to know what are your recommendations for a robot that
> will
> > make a lot of use of image processing, say two stereo cameras. Are intel
> > atoms sufficient for the job? What about beagleboards? Or the pico ITX
> from
> > VIA?
>
> I'm in Chicago and building a hobby robot. I'm currently using an
> old Dell notebook computer (with the display removed) and an AVR
> microcontroller. I plan to have a single webcam, two motor
> controllers, two ultrasonic rangefinders, a gyroscope and a GPS.
>
> So far, I seem to have sufficient computing capacity, but the
> whole thing is a bit heavy. 8^(
>
> --
> Bill Mania /'mæ ɲə/
> dum vivimus, vivamus!
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