Hey Guys,
I know, I didn't post for a while. Didn't have time to post some of the projects, sorry about it.
Alright, so here is our new project, we plan to go commercial with it. It is called Mobiton. It is a robotic shell for mobile devices (android currently). You can dock your phone on the device, an application written for the robot pops up and it brings the robot to life.
We have programmed a telepresence application. You can login the robot from any platform (tablets, phones, browser of a pc) and have full control over the robot while having a two-way video chat.
If you can develop an android app, you can do anything with the robot. You can turn it into an assistant, pet, play interactive games, anything.
It is basically a robotic platform for mobile devices open for further development.
We have also developed an ANE (adobe native extension). Therefore you can develop apps for the robot with Adobe Flash. It couldn't get easier, it is so straight forward, embedding/using the ANE to your project takes seconds, after that you can have rich visual content on the screen, fully integrated with the robot.
It also has 4x edge sensors to protect it (and your precious mobile device) from falling from a table
So, we are now basically looking for investors to mass-produce this little guy. The one in the images is the prototype. For those who know my previous projects, It is hand-made out of Sintra, a PVC foam. We are currently designing one in 3d suitable for mass-production.
The nice thing about this robot it that it accomplishes so many thing with minimum cost. We have built the prototype for around 150$. The user already have the smart-phone that costs a lot and include all the required hardware such as camera/cpu/gpu/screen/wi-fi/3g. This is what makes the robot very affordable.
Here is the website of the robot: http://mobiton.net
If anyone here have any contact in any technological/mobile blog/news website, I would love if they could let me know. We built this thing with minimum budget and want to announce it to as many people as possible to increase our chances in finding an investor.
Cheers ^_^
Btw, we are shooting a nice video for the robot, but here is a video from the early tests. It is on facebook but with global permission, so it shouldn't be a problem to watch it: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151341645751579
Uses a smartphone to operate. It can be an assistant, pet, or a telepresence device. Can be anything depends on the mobile app you write.
- Actuators / output devices: 2x gearmotor, 1x micro servo, any output device on the mobile device
- Control method: autonomous, Semi-Controlled, remote
- CPU: 1x atmega386, and the cpu of the mobile device
- Operating system: Arduino, Android
- Power source: 7, 2V 800mAh li-po battery pack
- Programming language: Java, Arduino C, Action Script
- Sensors / input devices: 4x short distance IR sensor, plus any other sensor on the mobile device
- Target environment: indoor, Tabletop
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/mobiton-robotic-smartphone-shell
