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	<title>THE REDROID PROJECT &#187; Uncategorized</title>
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	<description>Creative Repurposing of Military Robot Technology</description>
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		<title>A weekend making robots</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to not completely destroy the all terrain Tyco vehicle, I decided to start prototyping the ground droid using a 6 dollar RC car from Walmart. I had two goals for the weekend: 1. To obtain GPS data wirelessly from the ground droid back to my local computer. 2. To gain control over the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In order to not completely destroy the all terrain Tyco vehicle, I decided to start prototyping the ground droid using a 6 dollar RC car from Walmart. I had two goals for the weekend: 1. To obtain GPS data wirelessly from the ground droid back to my local computer. 2. To gain control over the ground droid via the computer.</p>
<p>I did manage to obtain GPS data wirelessly using a Parallax GPS module and a Bluetooth Arduino! Unfortunately, I ran into problems when I tried to use the Bluetooth Arduino for both GPS data and control of the vehicle. In order to fix this, I decided to use a separate non-bluetooth Arduino to control the car.</p>
<p>In order to control the vehicle, I opened up the remote control for the car, and soldered wires onto the contacts of the control button. I then used the digital outs to feed power to the buttons. It almost works, but multiple controls often fire at once, causing an unpredictable motion. I believe incorporating some transistors may solve this problem. For now, the motion is random!</p>
<p>Here are some pics:</p>
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		<title>GPS Module!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Successfully pulling data from parallax GPS module to Arduino!


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		<title>Canary Data!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Successfully receiving canary environmental data via hyperterminal.
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