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iPhone App Developed To Control NASA Robot

Posted by Soulskill on from the where-do-i-download dept.

andylim writes "At EclipseCon 2010 attendees were challenged to create a robotic control system to drive a NASA-provided robot across a prototypical Mars landscape. To win the EclipseCon e4-rover Mars challenge, developers could either prove their e4 programming skills by creating the best e4-Rover client, or use an e4 client to operate the Rover through a series of tasks to collect points. Software architects Peter Friese and Heiko Behrens built an iPhone client for the EclipseCon challenge which controls the robot around NASA's Mars landscape using the iPhone's accelerometer."

6 of 26 comments (clear)

  1. Got to give them credit for originality by SmackTheIgnorant · · Score: 2, Funny

    It'll be the most interesting use of the iPhone to ever get rejected by iTunes.

  2. Cool by MrTripps · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good work, but you know Apple won't let it into the App Store until Jobs comes up with Apples own iBot rover. It will look really cool, cost a lot of money, and still won't run Flash.

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  3. Re:seriously by Aranykai · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good luck getting it approved by Apple.

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  4. Robots and Droids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Android would seem more appropriate for such an app. Just sayin'.

    1. Re:Robots and Droids by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I, Phone.

  5. Re:seriously by rvw · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good luck getting it approved by Apple.

    Well consider the possibility that the app could be used to control a sex robot.