[Gghc-discuss] topic of project

[Jonathan Manton]

So, I found Erich's writeup of the project proposal at http://wiki.ucimc.org/bin/view/MakerspaceUrbana/GreatGlobalHackerspaceChallenge .  Is the project described there still the general idea?

If so, do you guys have thoughts about:
- "brains" for the small robots (e.g., is it an arduino, a PIC, whatever);
- what sensors would be on the small robots - what "signals" would be objective points give out;
- what type of wireless communication will be used;
- architecture for the base station (e.g., Linux PC or an embedded platform like a BeagleBoard); and
- will the software be based on something that is already out there, or is this from scratch?

I'm particularly interested in the last point, due to the tight timeframes involved.