(cross-posting to cll)
Brian Adkins wrote:
> I would like to be able to build a robot from a kit that I can program
> using Lisp or Scheme (i.e. a mobile, autonomous bot). The options I'm
> aware of currently are:
>
> 1) XS Lisp for Lego MindStorms
> http://www.yuasa.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yuasa/xs/index.html
>
> 2) Building a PC based robot so I can use whatever the heck I want to
> program with. For example, I could use cffi to interface with a C
> library for sensors, servo controllers, etc.
>
> Does anyone have experience with option 1 - using XS Lisp on Lego
> MindStorms?
>
> Option 2 would give me more flexibility with respect to development
> environments, but I think it will be more expensive and the need to have
> heavier batteries to supply the power a mini-PC would require would add
> weight and thus size, so I expect I'd be limited to a wheel based bot
> vs. leg based.
>
> Are there other robot kits available that would provide the ability to
> run Lisp or Scheme on the robot?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian