Linux Powered Robot Dog

Posted by markdoughty on Jul 10, 2007 8:48 PM EDT
DaniWeb; By Bill Andad
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Is this the world's first Linux canine edition?

Bj looks a lot like an evil AIBO, with its black finish and blue glowing eyes. So what, you might say, who cares about yet another robot dog? The concept simply never caught on as far as the consumer was concerned, which is probably why the usually retail smart Sony pulled the plug on the plastic pet. But the interesting thing about Bj is that it is not a robot dog as such, instead the iXs designed device is being pushed as a research and development platform for those interested in artificial intelligence.

Oh, and Linux of course.

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