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I'd like to start with robotics, but unfortunately I know very little about HW engineering. Moreover I used to use such languages as Python, C# and Java, and do not have much experience in C. Still I want very much to be able to program a robot, and I have very big interest in Computer Vision and AI. Are there any platforms/kits that you can buy, and with little time spent you already can program them, preferably in high-order languages?

I'd prefer something wheeled (something flying would also be nice, but it may be too hard to be the case for a first robot), with a camera and some additional sensors. Would be also nice to have there something, that could help to avoid obstacles, like laser distance sensor or ultra-sonic sensor. Ideally I would like to build a robot that can navigate in the room without the help of operator. I'd like to look at SLAM some time in future, but for now I just need something to get familiar with the robotics.

Also it should probably be not very expensive, at least not before I will be very sure that I am ready to go deeper into robotics. Something for 300-500$ would be awesome.

Can somebody suggest kits/platforms/tutorials/any other info?

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  • $\begingroup$ Questions about choosing how to spend your time (what book to read, which class to take, what robotics project to construct, what career to pursue, etc.) may be about difficult decisions, and they are often important, but they are too specific to your own situation and are unlikely to help future visitors to the site. They would be better off asked in Robotics Chat. $\endgroup$
    – Mark Booth
    Sep 11, 2013 at 22:30
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    – Mark Booth
    Sep 11, 2013 at 22:30
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    – Archeg
    Sep 12, 2013 at 12:34
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    – Mark Booth
    Sep 12, 2013 at 17:40

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I would suggest trying lego mindstorms. It removes a lot of the electronics, and mechanical barriers when starting to learn about robotics.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you. I'm looking at mindstorms, they seem to be nice. Though would be nice to know more possible solutions to have to choose from $\endgroup$
    – Archeg
    Sep 12, 2013 at 12:53

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