Mac Mini Robot
The purpose of this project is to see what it is like to control to robot using the built-in visual and aural sensors before designing an agent to do the same task. The robot is a Pioneer 3-AT made by ActivMedia and the Mac Mini was graciously provided by Apple computer at no charge.
Power is supplied by a 12 Volt 7.2 AH Battery. The battery is connected to a regular car power inverter. The inverter is connected to the power brick which supplies power to the Mac Mini. The average runtime using this arrangement is about 30 minutes. The inverter is just a quick fix so that we don't have to modify the Mac Mini loaned to us by Apple.
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