Place the computing power of, say, a half rack of servers onto a platform with wheels. Also include an internal power source, perhaps batteries or an internal combustion engine generator.
Also include sensors and motors for the device to be able to autonomously navigate. Hopefully this won't consume too much of the onboard computing power.
Unlike the droid in the movie, this robot does not provide physical tools for manipulating the world; it is merely a very large mobile computer, for times when a laptop, or "the cloud", are insufficient. Is there a practical application for such a thing? A competing technology would simply be to install the rack of servers onto a car or truck.
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