Hello All Robot Lovers
My name is The Robotic Human and i am from Australia.I am now 15 and i have had a huge passion for electronics and robotics from a very young age. At school i have tried to excel myself to one-day become a robotic engineer or similar.
This robot is a four-wheel drive all terrain robot hopefully capable for rocky terrain and carry out surveillance missions. This robot will have a pan and tilt system with a inferred camera . Also the bot will have a microphone with a high gain pre-amp so it can pick up a whisper. This robot will also have equipped, 5 bright leds to act like a search light and leds for looks and show. this robot will be transmitting on 2.4ghz and the camera also on 2.4ghz. now onto the controller. 
I built this controller last year and have just recently been adding parts to it. the controller is a 6 channel remote capable of transmitting over 2 kilometers but i doubt i will go that far. a screen is positioned on the top of the remote and receives live video from the robots pan-tilt system. This can also travel 1 kilometer. the controller runs on a lipo battery and has a sound card so i can hear what the bot hears. I used a wireless wii-nunchuck and took it apart, wired it up, and ran that back to the controller. now i was able to use the wii nunchuck to pan and tilt the camera.
like i said this robot is NOT finished yet but i will keep yous posted. This robot is a huge milestone for me and i hope you like my creation.
Rc robot for surveillance
- Actuators / output devices: 4 geared motors
- Control method: RF Remote Control
- CPU: Rc reciver, Video transmitter, LED controller
- Power source: 7.4V 800mAh LiPo
- Sensors / input devices: RC Receiver
- Target environment: indoor and outdoor (mostly outdoor)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/homemade-controller-and-surveillance-veichle