Robots (Physical Ones)

So /proggles/, lately I've been getting into building robots and remotely operated vehicles, and I have a problem.

I just can't fucking hardware. I'd consider myself a pretty witty/competent programmer, but I've never really done a project where I need to figure out how to power and operate motors (or even what sort of motors to purchase).

I know I can use an Arduino or something similar for microcontrolling, that's not an issue, but do any of you guys build robots/remotely operated vehicles? If so, are you aware of any guides to hardware that you can share?

>>4

your kind of dense for a cs student
if all you need to do is add wifi functionality to an RC (a tough and rugged one to meet you're specs)  wtf are you doing thinking about lawnmowers n shit?

heres an example of what you want to do, i found it on the site called google.com
http://www.jbprojects.net/projects/wifirobot/