PC maker ASUS has plans to develop and build an educational robot for kids, the EeeBot, that would run on the open-source Android operating system from Google. According to a Wednesday report, the project will be sponsored by the Taiwanese government to promote Android. A government website describes the project as an affordable robot, with all hardware and software tweaking performed by ASUS.
Robots are the new new thing. Combines robots, one of my favorite PC appliances (the EEE), and the mobile phone revolution. I’m in geek heaven -can’t wait for Christmas in two years …