ARDrone for Android Test code.

AR Drone provides API for Linux, iPhone and Android.

But if you want to control the AR Drone using simple UDP protocol on your Android. I have prepared a simple test code for you all. It is only tested with AR Drone 2.0 on Android 2.3 or above.

Please check out the code here: https://github.com/senzhk/ARDroneAndroid

IEEE Robots iPad App

IEEE just released an iPad app with detail description about robots around the world, including information and 360 degree photos. It is a must-have for robot lover:)

via https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robots-for-ipad/id566581906?ls=1&mt=8

Android Robot - Auto pilot project

Android smartphone is a very powerful device, with GPS, digital compass, gyro, and accelerometer inside, which can be a great platform for making robot. Moreover, the dual core processor inside can perform intensive calculations as well.

In order to let my Galaxy Nexus to control the motors, I used the cheap wifi router: TP-LINK WR703N as a wifi to serial bridge to my motor boards. I can simply send tcp packet to control the motors.

My ultimate goal is making an autopilot robot using GPS, but the result is very bad as the best positioning accuracy is only around 10 meters. I think GPS reading should only use as reference, I may need to consider other sensor readings to calculate the best estimated position of the robot during navigation. 




Anyway, here is the screenshot of my app:




Here is the video showing the robot using digital compass on the phone to adjust the orientation:

For GPS and digital compass programming, I would recommend you to read this project:

http://code.google.com/p/bearing/source/browse/#git%2FBearing%2Fsrc%2Fcom%2Falfray%2Fbearing

The source codes show you how to read the compass and gps data, also calculate distance and bearing of two locations.

Finally here is the video showing the robot in auto pilot mode, use GPS and digital compass to navigate.

Brain Wave Sensors with Android OS

 For disabled people, may be has difficulties to control a smart phone, now using Neurosky's MindWave Mobile (Brain wave sensors) as an input device to any Android device. Though the app presents very limited information, it is still a good demostration.

US Air Force Flapping Wing M.A.V

A very cool video talking about M.A.V (Micro Air Vehicle) using in battle field!

Color Identifier for Android - WhatColor

Found an interesting app on Android, it aims to help people with blindness or color blindness. It captures the images from the Android Phone and tell the user (via Text to Speech) what is the main contributing color on the screen. It should be  a good way for them to explore the world.

Please check out the demo:

Play store :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enlighten.colormatcheren

AR Treasure Hunting Game by SIProp.

It is a very cool project developed by SIProp. Demonstration: Website : http://www.siprop.org/en/2.0/index.php?product%2FTreasureHuntingRobot