(Remote controlled robot) car vs (solar charged) tank

posted Dec 5th 2009 7:55am by
filed under: misc hacks, multitouch hacks

[Matthias] sent in his team’s iPhone Robot (CAR) project in response to yesterday’s iPhone controlled solar charged tank. Unlike the tank, the iPhone car is controlled via Bluetooth BTnode and BTstack, and also isn’t solar-powered. However, both projects utilize iPhones and readily available components. We particularly liked how it not only used a multi-touch input, but also the accelerometer within the iPhone. It seems some competition is stirring, lets see who wins out.



8 Responses to (Remote controlled robot) car vs (solar charged) tank

  • jamieriddles says:
    December 5, 2009 at 8:18 am

    I don’t see multitouch anywhere in the video

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  • Brian says:
    December 5, 2009 at 9:41 am

    I’ve got an iPhone controlled robotic lawn mower that could take them both… Let the geek showdown begin.

    http://mowbotics.com/2009/07/iphone-control

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  • Thomas says:
    December 5, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    This one is also quite impressive and it has lots of power:

    http://roboterwerk.de/projekte_software.html

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  • M4CGYV3R says:
    December 5, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    Looks like a really uncomfortable way to control a vehicle.

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  • Elf says:
    December 7, 2009 at 3:40 am

    wow that is so cool. I think you can probably improve the touch controllers like giving two buttons to go forward and backwards, so you can use the iphone with both hands to turn left n right. jst like the iphone car game uses.

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  • Matthias Ringwald says:
    December 7, 2009 at 4:12 am

    the whole surface IS a forward/backward “slider”: the closer to the edge, the faster. and yes, it’s comfortable with two hands, but not good for recording a video.

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  • Steve says:
    December 8, 2009 at 12:36 am

    Toys and technology are become interdependent on each other.It seems to be that from videos.

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  • Sikiş says:
    December 8, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    a forward/backward “slider”: the closer to the edge, the faster. and yes, it’s comfortable with two hand

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