Thursday, February 25, 2010

We've got the hardware...

We've got an Android Dev Phone 1 and an Android Dev Phone 2 at our disposal, plus the resources of the lab at FAU, plus all the necessary Parallax components. Now we've just got to apply a bit of glue and...

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Monday, February 15, 2010

Video from Parallax showing Easy Bluetooth Module

Barring any unforeseen contingencies, We're going the Parallax Basic Stamp 2 route, making use of their Easy Bluetooth module. The following video shows communication with between a PC and a Boe-Bot over Bluetooth:



Using this hardware will allow us to hit the ground running so we can deliver quickly a proof of concept. There's no reason we can't extend our library later to support Arduino later.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

bot test..


a simple spin/move/spin routine...
posted to get a glimpse of what the bot looks like.

Welcome to Droid Toiz

We are a team of students from Florida Atlantic University and robotics enthusiasts that will be working to create a framework for Android developers to easily connect their app to an Arduino based consumer / hobbyist grade microcontrollers.