Turn an old cellphone into a robot's brain

From New Scientist:

"Software engineer Jatinderjit Singh built a simple robot out of Lego Technics parts, a cheap micro-controller, and an infrared interface, then attached a cellphone so that it could control the robot's wheels and arms via the IR link.

His "tele-operated mobile internet robot" or TeMo can be controlled from anywhere in the world where there's cellphone network coverage, using a tiny web server and a graphical interface installed on the phone.

The robot also sends images from the phone's camera back via the web link to let the controller see what they are doing, and Singh hopes to have video running soon."

Watch the video.

emily | 4:47 PM | |
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