He has built an NXT robot that you (yes you!) can control over Skype. It's set up to work between now and January 18th and I'm just had a great time making it cruise around Leon's setup.
How it works.
- You make a call to Leon (details at the bottom of the post)
- You share your screen with Leon
- The Webpage has 4 buttons (forward, left, right, stop)
- Each time you click a button, your screen changes to a different shade of grey.
- A NXT with light sensor at Leon's end picks up what colour you have (because you're sharing a screen) and then transmit via blue tooth to the NXT robot what to do.
Leon has a great writeup on his blog with lots of technical details on how he achieved it.
http://worldofmindstorms.com/2012/01/04/interactive-skype-controlled-mindstorms-nxt-car/
Hopefully we'll get an update from Leon when it's finished with some stats about how many people connected, what the average length of connection was etc!
1 comment:
Well, an impressive concept and idea
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