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I looking to get into robots and this looks like a perfect solution. I plan on making a quadruped robot using 14 servos and the camera. It seems this controller will do that but I plan on using a lipo battery but don't know what voltage the board will take and what I should use?
Yes, you can have it "self charge", the board and software can make it possible to do practically anything you can think of if you put the time in.
The PC needs to be running for both the Camera and the EZB to work.
Many people use small form factor mobos and fit them in their robots, or use small dedicated netbooks, windows tablets, laptops, desktops etc. connected via bluetooth (or upgraded for wifi/rf). It is an added expense but it's worth it.
What was it that you were hoping to use the EZB for? Edit: Just read your post again so ignore that question.
You could use the EZB but I assume the quadruped isn't going to be large enough to accommodate a PC so it would need a PC remotely, which can be done and is done often.
The Acer Netbook is a cheap and popular choice (I forget which model), it can also run on Windows Tablets such as the Acer W500. Provided it runs Windows XP, Windows 7 or Windows 8 (preferably 7 or 8 for SAPI), if using the camera it needs a USB port, bluetooth built in or via dongle and that's pretty much it.
As memory is pretty cheap and upgradable on almost all PCs be it laptop, netbook, desktop, nettop, I would say go with a minimum of 2Gb. You wont run out of HDD space if it's dedicated for ARC, OS and software will fit, with plenty of spare space on a 32Gb USB drive, I think (not 100% sure) 20Gb would do too.