Droidrover - It's Alive!!

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Uploaded by on Sep 28, 2010

Here we are demonstrating the very first prototype of a hacked Sensetta rover platform, controlled instead by an Arduino 'breakout' board controlled over Bluetooth by a custom scripted Google Android app. The use of the Android-Arduino combination on-board the vehicle reduces the weight, energy consumption, while improving maneuverability by removing the Max Kernel computer and router.

Future prototypes will place a smartphone on-board more like what are traditionally found on those rovers available at http://Cellbots.com

Total price (same as the Droidcopter): less than $600 in parts (assuming full retail price of Nexus One, this is ONE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IN PRICE REDUCTION). Labor: ten days of volunteer, late-night time in the N226 NASA Open Lab.

Coordinated by contractor Matthew Reyes of Exploration Solutions, technical work was completed by volunteers Andy Boyett, Andy Lee, David Lehrberg, Paul Mans, led by NASA Contractor Geoff Chu, and assisted by the Droidcopter and AndroidSat teams. Thanks to Google Über-Dogfooder Ryan Hickman for his advice & support.

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  • thats so cool can i get on lol.

  • See our attempt -> "Controlling a vehicle remotely with an Android phone"

  • Nice!:)

  • awesome :)

  • Sweet... one step closer to James Bond's touchscreen cellphone controlling his BMW 740il... Tomorrow Never Dies.

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