Force feedback PS3 dualshock controlled non-autonomous vehicle

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It's not really an complete autonomous robot, but still a cool high tech project I would like to share with you!

I developed an receiver module with these specifications:
- Long range 60mW Xbee Pro transceiver!
- Will fit like any RC receiver.
- Accelerometer sensor for force feedback to the PS3 controller.
- 4 servo or motor connections possible (pan/tilt camera, steering and motor!).
- 2 ADC inputs.
- 2 open collector outputs, for example lights.
- On/off button for cpu sleep.





Then I also developed the board that will fit in an PS3 dualshock 3 controller



I can control the car to about a mile distance! If the car hits a bump the controller will start to vibrate (Force feedback!).

When using a Xbee PRO module it is possible to control things over a long range. It is possible to upload Arduino sketches via the usb port. This makes it possible to assign buttons to whatever I want. The controller doesn’t consume any power in standby mode

If you want to read more about the project, please read my blog:
Part 1: http://www.proofofprinciple.nl/index.php/ps3-rc
Part 2: http://www.proofofprinciple.nl/index.php/ps3-rc-2

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/force-feedback-ps3-dualshock-controlled-non-autonomous-vehicle
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Wow really nice, but what is

Wow really nice, but what is the advantage over a regular rc car?

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Thank you! You can sit on

Thank you! You can sit on the couch for the television and drive the car like a computer game, but then for real because there is a GoPro hero cam on an pan/tilt bracket connected to an 5.8GHz video transmitter. And of course: Force feedback

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Nice!

We built a similar project.  However, we installed an Android device onto a RC car and used an IOIO board instead to control it autonomously. Here is the preliminary result:

http://youtu.be/vkvkfcqEUkk