Cell phones plus robots equals cellbots--didn't you know? The organizers of the upcoming app-centric developer conference AppCon 2010 know all about them, and just for kicks they're having a Cellbot Hackathon competition.
If you're still clueless about what a cellbot may be, then just think about what a modern smartphone really is: It's a self-powered portable device, brimming with electronics and sensors, often with Wi-Fi connectivity, and it comes with the ability to run user-coded apps through an easy-to-use user interface. In other words, it's a portable electronic brain perfectly suited to replace the dedicated and hardware-specific bundles of electronics that typically you'd need to control a robot.
Cellbot competition coordinator Darrell Taylor, quoted in the press release, notes that "until the advent of the smartphone, building your own robot would've been an expensive and complicated process--not to mention the fact that you'd end up with a huge contraption." In his competition,...
If you're still clueless about what a cellbot may be, then just think about what a modern smartphone really is: It's a self-powered portable device, brimming with electronics and sensors, often with Wi-Fi connectivity, and it comes with the ability to run user-coded apps through an easy-to-use user interface. In other words, it's a portable electronic brain perfectly suited to replace the dedicated and hardware-specific bundles of electronics that typically you'd need to control a robot.
Cellbot competition coordinator Darrell Taylor, quoted in the press release, notes that "until the advent of the smartphone, building your own robot would've been an expensive and complicated process--not to mention the fact that you'd end up with a huge contraption." In his competition,...
- 6/24/2010
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
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