ahhhcrap 2 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 A Robot can dock onto it, then it can interact with external components. Also charges the robot. Only one Robot can dock onto it at one time, and when a robot docks onto it it acts like a computer. (If it makes it simpler to code) Each dock only accepts one specific robot. If the robot is not on the dock, the dock acts like a computer that is off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgelessus 26 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 As I understand it robots are intentionally unable to use external components. The different computer types all have their own features and limitations, but are all meant to be equally useful, and not one superior to the other. (Well, except for lower tiers being less powerful than higher tiers, of course.) Robots can move (relatively) freely and interact with the world in many ways, at the cost of only being able to use components hard-wired into them. A robot dock may be convenient, but it would basically make robots "computers that move". The only advantage of computer cases would be the ability to install and remove internal components without needing to disassemble and reassemble it, in all other aspects robots would be equal or superior. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaHuJa 1 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Technically, you can achieve the end result already. A computer and a robot, with wireless networking, can be set up such that the components on one is available as a component on the other. Look up the oppm package 'vcomponent', I think it's made for this kind of thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
