Recently bought a Bigtrak Rover, kind of the smaller 'sibling' of a Bigtrak (see above). Mobile Phone It has the some of the same functionality as the Bigtrak, though no cannon sound. Control is via an iPhone or Android phone app, giving the same direction and number of steps functions (see below) found on the larger Bigtrak. Control via another device. What is different to the Bigtrak is it can be controlled remotely from a PC, Mac or Tablet via a web interface. It also uses the phone's camera to provide a video stream and remote control via on-screen controls. What it doesn't have is programmable control (or I haven't found it yet). The web interface is Flash based; so there may be problems running this on iPads. Overall A Nice, little robot that use the phone to control the robot. A set of cones gives the option of setting up an obstacle course. Once the app is installed it is very easy to get going with this. Wou...
Robots and getting computers to work with the physical world is fun; this blog looks at my own personal experimenting and building in this area.