Ask: A good robotics platform for a programmer with minimal HW

Of course, I would need to get better at circuits and things. :)<p>I've seen the iRobot Create, the Willow Garage create, and a couple of other similar platforms but I want to focus on the software right now. I remember seeing a hobby robot with a laptop but I can't seem to remember it this second.<p>I was inspired by the nnrccar posting that made the rounds earlier but I find that my hardware skills are not so great right now. Embedded stuff is fine (I do that during the day at a network hardware company, although our tool chain is super complex).<p>Do you have any recommendations?