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DIY iPhone-Controlled R/C Car

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the now-just-mount-a-camera dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NerdKits has an example of their latest project, an iPhone-controlled R/C car running around Boston and MIT. Technical details, build-it-yourself instructions, and a video of the car in action are all included."

17 comments

  1. Video by Thelasko · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Does the car have a camera on it? I want to be able to see where the car is going without having to be in sight of it.

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    1. Re:Video by yincrash · · Score: 1

      This reminds me of the James Bond care that worked exactly like that.

      Except the video screen was a different screen than the touch screen.

  2. I want to build by geekoid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I want an iPod that send command to an RC vehicle so it follows me. I suspect it could be done using the Nike inputs.

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  3. Haven't I seen this somewhere... by qcontinuum · · Score: 1

    Excellent.
    Now I have the tools to acquire some Wonderflonium for my Freeze Ray

  4. Better YouTube video. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I distinctly remember a port of psdoom that was used to control an RC car by converting webcam captures to a unique BSP tree build for the imagery.

    Well, this port somewhat has suceeded as the tool for all the remote. control. needs.

     

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  5. Old Hat by kenh · · Score: 1

    I saw this in a James Bond movie several years ago - this is nothing new:

    Scene from Tomorrow Never Dies

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    1. Re:Old Hat by TubeSteak · · Score: 2, Informative

      T-Mobile used to sell bluetooth enabled mini-rc cars.
      You could steer it (AFAIK) from any bluetooth phone, but it would only charge off a Sony-Ericsson phone

      http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=1741
      http://www.clubsonyericsson.com/en/products_accesories_car100.shtml

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  6. Steamtonk by DRAGONWEEZEL · · Score: 2, Funny

    So what you want is a RL W0W Pet? I'd rather a green helper!

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  7. Deserves to be nominated for... by Carbon016 · · Score: 1

    A depressing The Killers cover about a cheating ex-girlfriend to the video of a cute little RC car? Talk about a buzz kill.

  8. The iPhone is irrelevent to this!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    GAHHHHH!

    they made a web app that runs on a computer, to writes to a file - which is really a pipe created to talk out the USB bus to a little breadboard which is hard wired to the remote of the car.

    it is beyond stupid and worthless and the "iPhone" is just used as a frickin' browser.

    the people who did this are twits, the person who submitted it is lame, and editors who allowed if are morons.

    1. Re:The iPhone is irrelevent to this!!! by Goaway · · Score: 1

      It really is pretty lame that they didn't even modify the car in any way. It's not a iPhone-controlled car, it's an iPhone-controlled radio transmitter! And hardly even that!

  9. That's so last century. by apankrat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Here's an off-the-shelf cell phone controller for BMWs from 1997. Unfortunately, the test driver totaled the only prototype they had, so the company had to switch back to pimping Aston Martins.

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  10. More pop culture refrences by DanMelks · · Score: 1

    Is this in any way related to one of the devices from Doctor Horrible's Sing Along Blog?
    Me, I thought the singing was cooler than the gadgets, but only in this one example.

  11. I think this is much more impressive... by bkbarber · · Score: 1

    http://hackaday.com/2008/06/17/iphone-used-to-control-squad-of-uavs/ and http://hackaday.com/2008/10/05/ardupilot-pro-autopilot-drone/

  12. CherryPy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    they connect PHP to Python with a system pipe to forward XML-RPC requests from the iPhone through PHP to Python's serial controller. if you're gonna build this, consider using CherryPy or SimpleXMLRPCServer in Python instead of PHP....

  13. Oh, common, people .. why not Insightful ?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This a James Bond reference. You know .. Tomorrow Never Dies .. Bond driving a car with his cell phone while crouching on back seat and dodging bullets ..

    1. Re:Oh, common, people .. why not Insightful ?! by DontPanic6x9 · · Score: 1

      'Twas a fantastic movie.