ROS (Robot Operating System) "Diamondback" is now available. ROS also put together new robot-centric API and guides for installation, that should help new ROS users organize the various ROS libraries. They have setup some example pages of robots that use ROS. Notably, for reasons of low cost robotics, the Lego Mindstorm NXT.
If cheap robots suits you then Lego Mindstorms NXT is for you, this low-cost programmable robotics kit, used in education and by hobbyist throughout the world can be programmed and controlled from your computer using ROS. At the moment NXT owners can take robots made with the Lego Digital Designer, and automatically convert them into robots that you can control ROS using your computer. Check out the R2D2 toy robot, he's a NXT robot but he doesn't utilize ROS.. yet.
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