Open Automaton Project Update

I've posted some new messages to the oap-develop mailing list about hardware issues that have come to light since building the prototype, a software development roadmap, and a call for help in the project documentation. Rather than clutter this diary entry by repeating the information in those messages, I'll just post a link to the mailing list archive here for those who may be interested:

The Grand Plan

(... or perhaps just an unrealistic dream, but it's what I'm aiming for anyway ...)

If all the software comes together as planned, I eventually foresee the ability for OAP users from around the world to contribute behaviours and task programs they've created to a central user- community database (I'll probably host this). The robot, if it's on-line, could periodically check the database for any new programs, and alert its owner/operator of any software modules it's discovered. The operator could then use the on-board web application to seamlessly download and install the new modules on to their machine.