WSSR

Hey there guys!

This is WSSR. It stands for Wireless Security Surveillance Rover. It's a prototype of a security-based robot that I built for a Military Science Competition. For now, it runs using an Arduino and a Pololu Motor Driver Shield. The base is the ever-popular Rover 5 from Dagu. The tracked chassis perfectly suits the tasks for carrying out military-related small tasks. For Surveillance purposes, a smartphone is mounted on a pan-tilt bracket. An android app enables the smartphone to work as an IP Camera and thus, a real-time video can be sent to a specific IP Address which can be viewed through a device connected to the same network as that of the smartphone's. A Lynxmotion Gripper Arm at the front enables the rover to perform tasks such as picking up nearby objects which in turn can be viewed from a close range via the smartphone camera. The smartphone camera can be replaced by any other webcam and the robot can perform face-tracking tasks using Arduino, Processing and OpenCV. The robot and all these devices can be manually controlled. A 6 channel TX-RX pack establishes wireless control over the robot and it's tasks.

Here's a week old picture of WSSR. It has changed a bit right now.

Right now, I just returned from the event. More pictures, videos and updates to follow soon.

-Ashim