Well 24 hours later R2 is taking his first steps. Note that the worlds largest remote control that I am using in the video is an IFI robotics Isaac16 and is kinda flaky and only temporary. Eventually I will use the iPhone or a Spektrum system to remote control it.
Tags: first steps, R2BUILDERS, r2d2
April 11, 2009 at 1:17 am |
R2-Rumba….Is the carpet clean yet?
April 11, 2009 at 1:18 am |
Nice job BTW.
May 7, 2009 at 8:14 am |
[...] Looks like the iPhone makes for a great R2D2 robot controller. It’s cool to see the new iPhone technology interface and control a robot that we remember from our past. Nice to see the endeavor pay off with the robots first steps. [...]
May 8, 2009 at 12:57 pm |
[...] is a work in progress but in the end the creator will have it working 100% with his iPhone. The first steps video shows the robot under control of a standard remote but that is just a temporary control method. Have a look here for some of the iPhone interface [...]
May 10, 2009 at 5:19 pm |
can you elaborate at how you control it?
Basically it is controlled how it is described in my blog via
iphone – wifi router – microcontroller – speed controller – motor
All of the equipment lives in the r2 except the iphone.
May 11, 2009 at 6:47 am |
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May 15, 2009 at 3:33 pm |
Howdy,
We’re looking for a developer to write an interface for our SkullTroniX skulls using the iPhone. Anyone interested please email info@skulltronix.com
See the product at http://skulltronix.com/gallery.html