Nintendo DS bots in full force

What? You still only play video games on your NDS? It's time to look and learn from these restless DS owners who've promoted their trusty handhelds to robots on a mission. Natrium 42's homebrew kit is an open robot platform that lets you control your RoboDS (pictured right) with an NDS WiFi connection through a web browser interface. You can add a wireless camera to use it for remote spy tactics or strap on a laser pointer to burn enemies' corneas play mean-spirited red dot target jokes on your friends. On a lighter note, Bob Sabiston's bot takes a more poetic route and makes up for those art skills you never had. Sabiston, a professional programmer and engineer, got Nintendo to send him a DS software development kit which allowed him to pump out a sweet painting and animation app to make his DS bot a visual virtuoso (example pictured left). Hopefully with more bot-mods to come, the DS is really blossoming from what we know and love into the task droid we've always wanted.

[Via DS Fanboy]

Read - Bob Sabiston's artiste bot
Read - Natrium 42's RoboDS

[Kevlar @ Mar 13th 2007 3:12PM]

After following a few Bob Sabiston links, I came to this:
"...he has also been developing a portable paint and animation program for the Nintendo gameboy DS."

I was so disgusted, I had to come back here and complain.

[Charles @ Mar 13th 2007 3:25PM]

^ Nintendo gameboy DS...ROFL!

[Whatsizface @ Mar 13th 2007 5:06PM]

I, for one, welcome our Nintendo DS-powered, NDS WiFi -connected overlords.

[some person @ Mar 13th 2007 6:07PM]

As nice as this looks, the DS/Lite is more of a control center-y kind of system, so when someone makes a remote robot control app for the DS/Lite, let me know.

[dnl2ba @ Mar 13th 2007 11:07PM]

Yeah, seems like the DS would be more useful for input. Let me know when I can drive a Roomba with a DS.