Comments on: Remotely control your crappy car (dangerously)

By: Techie Talks

Techie Talks — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:30:52 +0000

wow you guys really are amazing! RocknRoll

By: Jumal

Jumal — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:51:07 +0000

That is freakin cool but indeed dangerous.. Dave Phipps also managed to control his GTO with an iPod Touch, it includes the doors, windows, drop off, audio system and ignition, he can even rev the car with the iPod touch.

If he could only combine what the guy in that video..

source: http://www.machoe.com/3769/dave-phipps-controls-his-69-pontiac-gto-with-an-ipod-touch.html

By: Xtremegamer

Xtremegamer — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:20:12 +0000

next rich kid’s game , drive a car in the comfort off your seat and earn points by hitting people.

By: Hitek146

Hitek146 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:55:01 +0000

“Great, how long will it be until we see our first remote car bomb?

Dummy in the front seat, ton of explosives in the back. I bet the military is testing dozens of ways to detect and jam these rigs.”

Posted at 7:14 pm on Nov 12th, 2009 by Lee
_____________________________

^ Why would the bombers go to the trouble? People are cheaper…

By: James

James — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:25:45 +0000

@John – Of course it could, I was just pointing out that that would take some time and effort and control with the Rio is a bit of a short-cut using industrial control hardware – still a fun project I’d love to do, but maybe I’m being a bit purist by suggesting it would be more “worthy” somehow if it were done from the ground up rather than bolt-in solutions.

@bullzebub – yup, would be much much simpler to make up a bracket for the throttle butterfly, though its hot, vibrating and unpleasant under the bonnet for non-auto grade components, I think thats the only reason I can see for not controlling at the throttle.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:14:37 +0000

Great, how long will it be until we see our first remote car bomb?

Dummy in the front seat, ton of explosives in the back. I bet the military is testing dozens of ways to detect and jam these rigs.

By: Godi

Godi — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:19:50 +0000

“As we turn the knob…”
I here you girl!

By: bullzebub

bullzebub — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:48:45 +0000

ive seen many people do it like that and i really dont understand why you would interface with the trottle pedal? it would reqire loads more power and more sofisticated equipment than just a servo attached to the carburettor….
oh well ..

By: John Boiles

John Boiles — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:04:02 +0000

@James – Correct, most of the guys (except for me) work for National Instruments so we had access to the cRIO, LabView, FIRST robotics kits for free. However, the cRIO isn’t doing anything too fancy. Someone with some microcontroller/electronics experience could replace the cRIO for <$100.

By: roshamboe

roshamboe — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:08:44 +0000

AWW MAN I JUST SPENT ALL DAY STACKING THOSE BOXES!!!!

By: James

James — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:58:29 +0000

@John Boiles – I presume you’re not including the compact rio and software in that budget (as that’d add a zero to your costings last time I checked the price of a CRio and a few modules!)

By: Munky

Munky — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:35:23 +0000

I can’t wait to hear about these on (place anagram of your favorite news station here) when they’re used to driving in living breathing targets…

I’m sure you’ve heard it before… but here it is… It’s always fun until someone gets hurt… Stupidity can be, and often is, painful–just ask the winners of the Darwin Awards.

By: John Boiles

John Boiles — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:57:19 +0000

@Jduffy you’re exactly right, we did use a lot of the FIRST kit.

We didn’t exactly have a DARPA budget. We did the project for ~$1000 including purchasing the car and paying for a trailer on which to tow the truck to the testing site.

By: James

James — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:54:10 +0000

With a compact rio I’d bloody well hope you could RC a car! Still, nice implementation.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:51:31 +0000

When I read “Power Wheels” I thought.

Oh, that must be some technical word for something really cool, surely not some little kid’s toy…

But when I saw the Power Wheels logo on the Wikipedia page I knew I was wrong…