Bob Comer (and son, David) have been working on a surveillance robot with remote telepresence. The robot is constructed using a PVC frame and drive components (motor, gearbox, and wheels) scavenged from old kids’ electric ride-on toys.
The robot is equipped with
- Imagine Tools Ethernet Starter Kit – Rabbit 3000 microprocessor with web server. Source : www.jameco.com
- Robot Power Scorpion XL 2 channel speed controller. Source : www.robotmarketplace.com, www.robotpower.com
- Linksys WRT54G wireless router. Source : Best Buy, CompUSA, Frys, etc.
- Airlink AIC250 ethernet camera. Source : Frys, etc.
The robot is programmed in Dynamic C and has a web page as an interface. You can drive the robot from any computer with wireless networking and a web browser.
[Image and text originally from http://wiki.therobotgroup.org/wiki/RobertComer]
