On today’s show, Jim is joined by John Kennedy, a retro computer and IoT enthusiast who has a fascination for classic robot toys from the 80s. He’s finally got his hands on the toy he wanted from his youth, but instead of being content there, he’s given it a brain!

Learn more and build this yourself at https://aka.ms/lgpc/omnibot.

0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Welcome John and Omnibot!
2:54 - Omnibot's web-based remote control
3:45 - The fall off the machines, off the desk!
4:05 - What makes Omnibot work? Python!
5:05 - Omnibot's hardware, the same as self-driving cars
6:48 - Driving Omnibot and catching a glimpse of the camera crew
7:08 - Omnibot says hello!
7:50 - How do you code Omnibot? VS Code! https://aka.ms/lgpc/omnibot/vscode
8:37 - Lighting up Omnibot's eyes
9:55 - I'm not a robot
10:13 - Running AI on Omnibot to find humans and hippos. https://aka.ms/lgpc/omnibot/ai
12:18 - The robots are on the rise and attacked John

Presented by @Jim Bennett
Thanks to the Microsoft Archives for the loan of the classic 486sx PC.

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