Robots to Be

Just what I need... another facet of electronics. I have been looking at PICS for some time now. But I have taken the plunge and ordered parts to build a robot or two based on the PIC micro. I will be using the PIC16F690. I have downloaded and modified some HITECH C code and am awaiting some parts to arrive. I originally was going to build something similar to the BRAM using CD's. I still plan to. But as I was surfing through the Solarbotics (www.solarbotics.com) website I found their BRUTUSBOT chassis kit which is based on the Tamiya tank chassis. So, one of my robots will be a tracked robot. Too cool. I am planning on getting the basic robot up and running, adding IR and ultrasonic sensors, and installing a wireless camera. The camera will transmission will be decoded on the laptop and the images will be sent over HAM radio via SSTV. Maybe someday I'll delve into ATV as well. But that's getting ahead of things!