Yeh, its a pentium. fraid I cant use pics for my purpose really. the computer recieves its signal over a wireless network link. The reason I went for this approach is;
A) I program for PCs
B) I wanted the robot to have the potential to eventually have an autonomous mode with a bit of AI (such as judging where a target is, or if its a mobile target, how its likely to move, and also by following the movements of a target, determine the best way to attack, such as by cornering it) which would be a pain with PICs
C) With the onboard camera, I was thinking maybe setting up a http server on the computer so you could control the robot from anywhere using a web browser (provided the robot is in reach of an available access point of course)
D) Using this method, I also have a huge amount of outputs, both pulsed and simple on-off triggers for upgrades
E) and finally, I was also thinking of having a mobile-phone mode where i could actually ring the robot, the robot would pick up and ask for a security code, type it in and away you go, using the keys like you would for playing games on your mobile, using tone-recognition.
Even tho i probly wont get round to doing some of my ideas and most of them have no purpose anyway, i like to have the posiblity of doing it if i want
btw, its more like just a home project than a combat robot.. although Ive begun making my featherweight combat robot and have plans for a light/middle (depending on how the weight goes... still in the brainstorming process at the mo for that one ) so i might see some of you guys soon although the lack of car is a bit of a problem too at the mo... but im working on that lol