An Evolution Robotics press release issued today announced that their ER1 robotics platform will be available at Fry's, FAO Schwarz and other retail stores soon. They'll also be available through mail-order houses such as J & R and online via Amazon.com. According to the press release, the retail locations will have demo units available. The ER1 is a sort of wheeled frame that does for laptop computers what the CMU PPRK did for PDAs.