Open-source robotics: Difference between revisions

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At present, open-source robots are not yet sophisticated enough to perform much of the tasks a person can do, nor perform difficult or complicated tasks that only robots may -one day- provide; this being:

* metalworks (precise metal sheets and pipe-bending, sheet/pipe cutting; eg via [[Multimachine]] and/or other imbeddedembedded tools as cramps, pliers, ...)

* translator for many languages (including the main languages as Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, ...)

* calorie-counter for the robot-owner; counting the calories of fooditemsfood items the owner eats and preventing him from eating more that day when he reaches 2000kcal

* building electronic circuitry (PCB-boards)

* transportation; this eg by riding on the back, similar as on a horse (the latter allowing the robot to return to the appearance of a normal person after disembarking)

* personal protection (robots, being made of metal, are able to withstand quite some beating and may be learned to incapacitate attackers by [[Self-defense|punching]] or [[Less-lethal weapons]] <ref>[http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/23/tmsuk-t-34-robot-speaks-softly-carries-a-big-net/ Tmsuk security robots]</ref>)

* [[bomb disposal]] and/or making of explosive compounds for bomb disposal (eg on the owner's farming fields eg in developing countries as Cambodia, countries south and north of the sahara as Angola, Western Sahara, Libia, ..) or destruction of obstacles or to prepare building sites

* providing communication (troughthrough a small computer (eg Linutop, EeeBox, [[GOS (operating system)|gPC]], and integrated satellite internet uplink or long-range Wifi or WiMax-antenna). The type of communication may include: active searching on webpages ([[browsing]]), [[e-mail]], text and or audio based communication with others (eg [[VoIP]] calls; both to distant users via internet as local VoIP-communication to team members in close proximity), ...

Despite this however, some DIY builders are already looking to helpful activities that can be performed today as [[Roomba|vacuum cleaning]], [[Scooba|floor washing]] and automated [[mowing]].<ref>[http://www.redferret.net/?p=9491 DIY commercial vacuum robot]</ref><ref>[http://www.curiousinventor.com/projects/Diy_roomba DIY Roomba preposition on Arduino motherboard]</ref>