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Kinect, a laser-projector, an omni-directional mobile platform... It can take the plans for the Death Star from the princess to Obi Wan. I'd buy it just to ree

Kinect, a laser-projector, an omni-directional mobile platform... It can take the plans for the Death Star from the princess to Obi Wan. I'd buy it just to reenact this scene at cons. (As long as I was one of the first to have one, of course) BTW: Here was my attempt at building something like what you are describing from a few years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMZkd8YMgzw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMZkd8YMgzw From what I learned building that, my advice is this. Don't ask us what we want the bot to do, make it open enough that we just show you what we'll do. You need a community, not a "product". Building an entire mobility platform just so I could program a neat asterisk app was a chore I would have gladly paid for. I want to code, not solder.

Schwolop 15y ago
Nice example application... :-) Thanks for posting the video too, looks like a fun project. I totally get what you're saying, and although I'd love to pull off Steve Jobs' ability to make things people didn't know they wanted, I'd like to at least have some market validation before I start. Even if I'm convinced this is a cool platform, I'm going to have to convince funding sources too, and they'll be easier to convince if I can point at willing customers.