iPhone-controlled R2D2
It's impossible not to love a blog post that begins, "I found a way to remote control my R2D2 with an iPhone."
The video above shows the author, ggpipe, using the iPhone's accelerometer to control R2's dome. Pretty cool. In the future, he plans to use the phone to send text to R2's logic displays. We love it and can't wait to see a fully assembled, iPhone-powered R2D2!
It's great to see people extending the iPhone's capabilities, and homegrown remotes are a cool choice. A couple of weeks ago, we posted a story about a guy who turned his iPhone into an R/C aircraft controller, and last year we saw Delphi's Wireless Vehicle Access software that lets you control many of your car's functions. Keep up the good work, everyone!
[Via Rick Yaeger]
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It's impossible not to love a blog post that begins, "I found a way to remote control my R2D2 with an iPhone."The video above shows the...
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The iPhone app is not actually "homegrown" but is called TouchOSC and is available on the App Store. It sends Open Sound control messages:
http://hexler.net/software/touchosc
http://opensoundcontrol.org
Yup, the app used in the video was TouchOSC, but now I am using another app store app called mrmr which is free (as in beer) and free (as in freedom). There are actually at least 4 apps now on the app store that can be used to do the same thing. All the development I had to do was on the robot microcontroller end, but I plan on adding to mrmr in the future and have streaming video from the r2.
May 13 2009 at 2:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyEpic. The women made me laugh for some reason.
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