Cellular data controlled robot
posted Feb 2nd 2008 10:12pm by Will O'Brienfiled under: robots hacks

[Jatinderjit] sent along the latest in LEGO robotics. The cell phone controlled robot. It’s based on a LEGO Excavator kit with a few spare parts via ebay. The controller is a Nokia phone running a small webserver. A PIC 24F microcontroller runs the show as it receives commands via the phones IR interface. The phone uploads images from the on-board camera as fast as it can update it. Think of it as a poor mans mars earth rover.
FYI, This puppy made engadget while I was working it over, so the site might get a bit overloaded in the near future.

Gotta love the Legos. Nice use of last year’s cell phone, too.
Posted at 6:37 am on Feb 3rd, 2008 by PocketBrain