I'm not sure if you're trolling or not, but I would suggest you start taking some Robotics AI courses (http://ai.stanford.edu http://ai.stanford.edu) and readin

I'm not sure if you're trolling or not, but I would suggest you start taking some Robotics AI courses (http://ai.stanford.edu http://ai.stanford.edu) and reading some books before taking this project on. I'm not sure how far you'd have to go but there's a big different between building a robot that moves and building a robot that can mobilize itself and perform actions in response to stimulation. Also, engineering spec is quite vague. If you boss really asked you to do something like, think twice about taking it on. Loose, vague, and otherwise overreaching projects tend to not end well for those involved. I think my peeps will feel similarly and pass on this one. But I'd be happy to introduce you should you want to come out to a hack night and ask them yourself. :) Best of luck to you.