Hello all! New builder here, and I've got some ideas I'd like to flesh out. Has anyone tried to control their robot with an Android tablet/phone or iPad? I've searched the forums and the only mentions I can find are in passing and at least a year old. One of them mentioned a bluetooth module that fits the Xbee socket.
It would be extremely convenient to have a control solution in one very portable package. I understand bluetooth doesn't have enough speed for a decent video connection, especially on top of the command signals. But perhaps a start would be to use the Android device for control and separate the video to an independent 5.8 FPV setup. I'm currently experimenting with this concept using an Arduino and a hacked HexBug Spider. Eventually I want to evolve the project into a competition robot.
I realize this may deviate from the convention rather significantly, but then again I'm not too clear on some of the details of the convention. How do you interface the Xbee signal to your control device? I see lots of people using laptops and joysticks, but I don't see an Xbee module plugged into a USB port or anything. Perhaps I'm just not looking close enough. I've been really focused on Bluetooth so far.
Thanks for your time and any advice!
-Brian
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