If I'm defining my dream robot control system from stuff I saw on the NIWeek expo floor, I'd want some of the following or related products...
Main Camera
Main brain
Or
PXI if it doesn't need to be quite as rugged.
A stack of modules.
S.E.A has sweet radio options.
But I think I'd go for one of
these to make my own radio. FCC will understand, right?
For the eyes in the back of my robot's head, some of
these.
Moving beyond the control system, I'd attach one or two of these
these.
I'd want some LIDAR, and IMU options.
I'd program it in a combo of LabVIEW and C++ and since I don't really know how to use this stuff I'd spend the next few years in training courses and reading manuals.
Greg McKaskle