JavaScript Robot Discoveries through Node.js

The increasing trend of using JavaScript, specifically through the Node.js library, to program the logic of robots among hobbyists has recently very much caught my attention.
I watched the following presentation and was blown away by the fact that a language that is mostly considered a programming language for building websites can now be used to program intelligent physical machines.

I’m currently in the middle of digging into JavaScript for work purposes, so this really increased my motivation of speeding up my learning progress.

I’ll probably end up waiting for the release of the Espruino microcontroller, that was recently funded on kickstarter, before I start playing around with this.

Anyway, this is really great news for web developers interested in using what they already know to do some hardware programming!

References/Credits

NodeBots | http://nodebots.io
NodeCopter | http://nodecopter.com
Getting Started with Nodebots | http://dailyjs.com/2013/07/25/nodebots
Javascript Microcontrollers for web Developers | http://makezine.com/magazine/first-look-javascript-micro-controllers-for-web-developers