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Building robots-using-android-and-arduino
Talk about building robots using Android and Arduino which I gave at DroidCon India. More details and video of the talk at http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/building-robots-using-arduino-and-android-at-droidcon
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- 1. Building Robots using Androidand Arduino Sudar Muthu Research Engineer, Yahoo! Labs http://sudarmuthu.com http://github.com/sudar http://twitter.com/sudarmuthu
- 2. Agenda • Let’s startwith a demo • Anatomy of a robot • Android • Arduino • Making them talk – Over Bluetooth – Over WIFI – Over USB wire – Over Audio Jacket – Over GSM • Summary • Questions
- 3. Let’s start withthe demo Demo http://sudarmuthu.com/arduino/asimi
- 4. Anatomy of aRobot Sensors Motors Processor
- 5. Android can actas a .. Sensor – Accelerometer – Camera – Magnetic Compass – GPS – etc. Processor – Native Java App – Android Scripting Environment (ASE)
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- 7. Missing part is.. Motor (and that’s where Arduino can help)
- 8. Arduino • Visual Basic for hardware • Includes both Hardware and software Photo credit Arduino team
- 9. We have Android(Sensors & processor) and Arduino (Motor)
- 10. We have Android(Sensors & processor) and Arduino (Motor) Let’s make them talk
- 11. Making them talk •Over Bluetooth • Over WIFI • Over USB – ADK – Normal Way • Over Audio Jacket • Over GSM • Over C2DM • Others (NFC, Intermediate computer etc)
- 12. Over Bluetooth You need •Bluetooth Shield • Library – Amarino - http://amarino-toolkit.net Advantages • Wired connection is not needed • Can work from Android 1.5 • Two way communication Disadvantages • Power consumption is high • Slightly slower when compared with others • Range is limited
- 13. Over WIFI You need •Wifi Shield • Wifi Connection Advantages • Wired connection is not needed • Two way communication • Can work from Android 1.5 Disadvantages • Both should be present in the same network • Power consumption is slightly high
- 14. Over USB Cable- ADK You need • ADK Board or USB Host Shield • ADK SDK Advantages • Native support from Android • Two way communication Disadvantages • Will work only in 2.3.4 + • Wired Connection is needed
- 15. Over USB Cable– Socket &Logcat You need • USB Host Shield • Library – Microbridge - http://code.google.com/p/microbridge/ Advantages • Works in older versions as well • Two way communication (Socket &Logcat) Disadvantages • Wired connection is needed
- 16. Over Audio Jacket Youneed • Male Audio Pin • Pre-encoded Wave/MP3 files Advantages • Very compact • Less power consumption Disadvantages • Only one way communication is possible • Slightly difficult to get it to work
- 17. Over GSM You need •GSM ArduinoShiled • Two sim cards Advantages • Range is unlimited • Very simple to setup • Two way communication is possible Disadvantages • Operating cost (SMS) • Potential to abuse
- 18. Over C2DM You need •Ethernet or WifiArduino Shield • C2DM account Advantages • Good for notifications • Very easy to setup in Android side Disadvantages • Only one way communication is possible • Works only from v2.2+ • Need Wifi connectivity
- 19. Other Options Somenotablealternateoptions • NFC(Near Field Communication) • Using Computer as a intermediate transmitter • USB Host support (in case of tablet or rooted phones)
- 20. Don’t throw away yourold phones ;)
- 21. Links • Arduino – http://arduino.cc • Microbridge – http://code.google.com/p/microbridge/ • Amarino –http://amarino-toolkit.net • USB Host Shield – http://circuitsathome.com/products-page/arduino- shields/usb-host-shield-2-0-for-arduino/ • Using Arduino as ADK – http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/using-standard-arduino- board-as-googles-adk-kit • My articles about Arudino – http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/category/ardino • Demo source code – http://github.com/sudar/Asimi • Demo Project page – http://sudarmuthu.com/arduino/asimi • Cellbots– http://cellbots.com
- 22. Questions Thank You Sudar Muthu http://sudarmuthu.com http://gitbub.com/sudar http://twitter.com/sudarmuthu
