DJ saw the potential of the Brookstone Rover right away. Adding support into his ARC software greatly enhances this product - from a boring remote control toy, to a full-featured robot!
Description:
While the software no longer supports this discontinued product, it is a fun hack!
The discontinued Brookstone Rover was priced at $99 US and was meant to be controlled by your iPhone. The toy includes a camera and Wi-Fi connectivity, but seriously lacks features for the amount of hardware it possesses. That’s when the little light bulb went on in DJ’s head - let’s take control of this thing! So, he hacked the brookstone rover into an amazing little robot.
After a night of hacking to decipher the communication protocol, the Brookstone Rover took its first <strike>rolling</strike> steps under the control of DJ’s Robot Control Software, ARC. The camera video stream was completed a few hours later, and now the possibilities are vast! Every feature of ARC is supported in the Brookstone Rover. This includes the Speech Recognition, EZ-Scripting, Joystick, Wiimote, Mobile HTTP Server, Touch Controls, and so many more! This is a fantastic platform for DJ’s EZ-Robot Kit!
Videos:
Parts Used:
1 x EZ-Robot Complete Kit
1 x Brookstone Rover
Tools:
Masking Tape!
By DJ Sures
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