i believe I might be able to do this now I just have to buy a lot of robot parts. I need metal for support; a powerful microcontroller for running my program(It will be in C); Sonar sensors which I prefer over infared; If I try to add color to my map I will need a camera/rgb sensor; If I want to be able to transmit wireless information(almost a must) I will need a radio setup; and even more touch sensors for not hitting things.
I hope to mount the sonar sensors so that they see everything around it. I'm thinking 4-8. I also want some infared sensors on the bottom to tell me if I get over a cliff so I don't murder my robot on a table. i hope to not actually touch any of the things on the table without adding in something at the end. It would probably score less if I moved the things I was mapping.

i was thinking of those applications and use in areas with radioactive elements. The radioactivity can block out radio signals. I'm not sure what we're going to use to control it. i need something where we can store multiple files on it and have enough power to do this. My budget as it is has enough money for one robot. the remapping hopefully won't be too hard

i currently have an upper limit of $150 that will hopefully soon increase

i don't have an 83/84 so I'll have to use an Nspire

i was thinking some kind of a laser communication but that is difficult to implement. another Idea I had that was less prctical would be to use a fiber optic cable. I will think of that later right now i need to have agood idea what to use as main controller and how to get that working well. Got to build this thing than startt programming/adding new features

No. it is supposed to be an autonomous robot that creates a 3d map of its area then does an assigned task with that map.

It doesn't say much about it. I need a good powerful one to keep up with the robots program. I knew I'd need a microcontroller when i started I just don't know of any good one

With Ndless if we mapped the usb port I could control the robot... TI please give me the usb port documentation(worth a try)

Relatively powerful. I either need to store an independent file with the 3d map in it or have it stored in the code as a variable(possibly 3d matrix). My code will be in C so It should be relatively fast, but there will be lots of information this robot has to quickly rocess(3 infared sensors currently planned(possibly a camera), many touch sensors, and a couple cliff sensors) I need to monitor all of those to keep the robot safe and mapping. i don't know quite enough to know what hardware this means thoough
I'm a programmer i have another person on my team who is a good builder

Sorry to hear.

By the way welcome back on the forums, I noticed you were gone for a while.