Android and Arduino-packin' Cellbot features voice recognition, autonomy, and charm to spare

The Cellbots gang has been furiously productive as of late. Not even a month after their wooden "boxbot" was first spotted on You Tube the project has moved on from its humble beginnings of lumber and windshield wiper motors to a full-on a neon green acrylic Truckbot that uses a G1 and Arduino board combination for control. Sure, we've seen Android-powered robots before, but these guys have done some pretty cool things, and have no intention of stopping now. They've already implemented an ultrasonic range detector so the 'bot can override the operator and prevent itself from running off a cliff (although we'd like to suggest mounting one on the rear as well -- for obvious reasons), voice recognition, and the Android compass into the control system. If anything, the amount of progress makes this project very well worth keeping an eye on. Move past the break to see some video, and then hit the source link to keep up with the action yourself.

[drumwiz86 Posted Apr 5th 2010 7:14PM]

How does the phone interface with the rest of the system? I saw someone theorizing that the headphone jacks on HTC phones might be bitbanged SPI.

[myislanduniverse Posted Apr 5th 2010 7:59PM]

@drumwiz86 There's no 3.5mm headphone jack on the G1. The phone is sending the commands to Arduino over USB.

[koldvico Posted Apr 5th 2010 7:21PM]

I think Engadget actually listened! =O

Anyways, wicked bot!

[Mr Oos Posted Apr 5th 2010 7:37PM]

Nice! Android and Arduino make for a great team. I can't wait to see other implementations.

[TheSunman89 Posted Apr 5th 2010 7:42PM]

I want an android robot!!!

[Invader Par Posted Apr 5th 2010 9:21PM]

@TheSunman89

I distinctly heard at the end of the last video "it has [the robot] decided on it's own".

AM I THE ONLY ONE FREAKING OUT?!?! Climate change or no climate change, Engadget was right, ROBOTS ARE PLANNING TO TAKE OVER!

[Samurai Jack Posted Apr 5th 2010 7:55PM]

At best this is larval Cell. Heaven help us all should it attain its ultimate form.

[myislanduniverse Posted Apr 5th 2010 7:57PM]

I've been looking for something to use my G1 for. Oh, and I've got a Duemilanove sitting right here, too. I know what I'll be doing tonight.

[theinternetstom Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:02PM]

that is really cool. I want a cell bot!

[Alexpeegs Posted Apr 5th 2010 8:24PM]

Pew pew roflcopter

[flakoo Posted Apr 6th 2010 1:38AM]

Robots on wheelchairs. Now that's something unexpected.