great video on controlling a Roomba with Wii controller. First step is Bluetooth, to transmit accelerometer input.
The code used to do this has been posted here. What a great project, and the first of a flood of Wii controller uses. I hadn't realised Nintendo used a standard bluetooth signal. This will be big!.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
Home Automation part of new Surge
Home Automation Battle is Brewing - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
At CES 2007 this week, wireless home networking products abounded. There's just one problem: There are two competing network standards.
The first to market is the Z-Wave standard, created and promulgated by Zensys, which makes the chips and wireless radios that enable Z-Wave-based communications. More than 150 companies have joined the Z-Wave Alliance, an industry group that promotes the standard.
Competing with Z-Wave is ZigBee, a standard created by the ZigBee Alliance, an industry group with more than 150 member companies. ZigBee is based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, but products are only starting to hit the market now.
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Meccano Robot
Spyke the erector set robot is coming. Insufficient details but looks good on surface.
http://www.spykeworld.com/
PCMag saw him at CES and said: "Spyke the WiFi Spy Robot from Erector features video surveillance, a microphone, loudspeaker, 2 motors, digital music player, and a docking station for charging. He can move, take pictures, and hear everything around him and can also be used as a VoIP phone--compatible with MSN, Skype and Google Talk. To control Spyke, use your home computer or any other computer through a WiFi connection to control him anywhere anytime. Look for this robotic espionage for around $250 at the end of summer."
http://www.spykeworld.com/
PCMag saw him at CES and said: "Spyke the WiFi Spy Robot from Erector features video surveillance, a microphone, loudspeaker, 2 motors, digital music player, and a docking station for charging. He can move, take pictures, and hear everything around him and can also be used as a VoIP phone--compatible with MSN, Skype and Google Talk. To control Spyke, use your home computer or any other computer through a WiFi connection to control him anywhere anytime. Look for this robotic espionage for around $250 at the end of summer."
Meccano Robot
Spyke the erector set robot is coming. Insufficient details but looks good on surface.
http://www.spykeworld.com/
PCMag saw him at CES and said: "Spyke the WiFi Spy Robot from Erector features video surveillance, a microphone, loudspeaker, 2 motors, digital music player, and a docking station for charging. He can move, take pictures, and hear everything around him and can also be used as a VoIP phone--compatible with MSN, Skype and Google Talk. To control Spyke, use your home computer or any other computer through a WiFi connection to control him anywhere anytime. Look for this robotic espionage for around $250 at the end of summer."
http://www.spykeworld.com/
PCMag saw him at CES and said: "Spyke the WiFi Spy Robot from Erector features video surveillance, a microphone, loudspeaker, 2 motors, digital music player, and a docking station for charging. He can move, take pictures, and hear everything around him and can also be used as a VoIP phone--compatible with MSN, Skype and Google Talk. To control Spyke, use your home computer or any other computer through a WiFi connection to control him anywhere anytime. Look for this robotic espionage for around $250 at the end of summer."
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