Remote Control Robots & More with Android

This is really cool & opens up a world of options. I'm in the planning/mockup stages of my own Android Controlled Vehicle. I will be using a HTC Droid Eris & a RC Helicopter ( actually classified as a U.A.V ). My plan involvels dissasembling the Droid Eris and mounting the various parts including the battery so that they add as little weight as possible since i want it to fly, plus mount the camera lens on the nose of the RC so I can attempt to pilot the craft using the Live Video Feed + GPS & other Sensor's information to keep it on course & attempt a landing that doesn't result in catastrophe . Check these guys out though , they have done a lot of the leg work for me. After the break.

We used an iRobot Create, a Nexus One (with car dock), a Nexus S, and a Chrome OS Cr-48 notebook but only a single phone is required.

The app also works with LEGO MINDSTORMS, VEX Pro, and the custom Arduino cellbots and is available free in the Android Market for any Android 2.2 (Froyo) and up phone. After watching the video, download the app from the Market, or read more about how it works here, and of course download the source code if you want to modify it with more features and robot platforms.

Comments

Hello World

This is my first attempt at actual programming for the Android & PS3 Platforms . I have a lot of experience hacking the devices , rooting , unlocking , custom roms & firmwares so I will still cover some of this stuff as well . I am going to start by creating a couple of themes for each platform & then move on to basic apps / games . I will also try my hand at porting some software . Stay tuned for updates & lots of Downloads . Enerlogic

Running Android on large touch screen displays

Forget Microsoft Surface, what do you think about having a 32-inch Android-powered touchscreen display in your living room? That possibility might not be too far off , thanks to the engineers over at SKR Technology in Japan. Primarily a company that designs and builds digital signage, they were approached by several customers who wanted a large screen device that had multi-touch functionality similar to a smartphone. Since they frequently work with Windows, they tried building a solution around Windows 7, but it just didn’t function as smoothly as they would like. Instead they turned towards Android, but were disappointed to find out that none of their suppliers supported the OS. Instead of scrapping the project, they build their own interface that allows an Android-powered device to interact with multi-touch displays. As you can see in the video embedded below the display works quite well, mirroring everything on the Android device’s screen. While the product is not yet availabl...

Norton Anti Virus 2011 Product Linup Beta Testing

We Just Started evaluating Norton Antivirus 200 with Antispyware here at the office & so far I have to say i'm pretty impressed. It is lightweight compared to versions in the past, speedy, & pretty good dealing with false positives. I'll give you a better review later on. You can also pre-order any of the versions or downlaod the trial versions from www.electronicsgurutech.com/norton at around noon tomorrow.

MacroHard TX

Search This Blog