Sprint and
Verizon may have shunned the
Nexus One, but that doesn't mean the handsets can't be put to good use: these Android-controlled, Arduino-powered
Cellbots now feature the one true Googlephone as the CPU. At Intel's 2010 International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose, we got our hot little hands on the DIY truckbots for the first time, and found to our surprise they'd been imbued with accelerometer-based motion control. Grabbing a Nexus One off a nearby table, we simply tilted the handset forward, back, left and right to make the Cellbot wheel about accordingly, bumping playfully into neighbors and streaming live video the whole time. We were told the first handset wirelessly relayed instructions to the second using Google Chat, after which point a Python script determined the bot's compass facing and activated Arduino-rigged motors via Bluetooth, but the real takeaway here is that robots never fail to amuse. Watch our phone-skewing, bot-driving antics in a video after the break, and see what we mean.
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posted May 12th 2010 5:39PM
Are they going to battle?
@ryandarr1979 no. The androids are lining up to fight the KIRF clones.
@ryandarr1979
Yes, they will battle iPhone controlled cellbots in a winner takes all of the market bout.
@ramifications iPhone's implementation of Cellbot is "MAGICAL"
@ryandarr1979 Was my first thought too. My second thought being... "I wish I had a spare N1 that I could send to battle; wait I'd need to have one in the first place"
I wouldn't crash them too much. If you get them angry enough they'll snap... and turn into dragons
Sorry... the Droid Rubiks Cube Pwns this.
I want one!!
can anyone say THE BIRTH OF SKYNET?
uh Nexus One
"cellbot", that's what you call a geek in prison. :)
imagine controlling real cars with this?
awesomness!!
@inertone Sounds sweet... except when I'm driving past a huge truck on the freeway as it curves I'm really gonna shit bricks that a "This application is not responding. [Wait] [Force Close]" prompt could possibly pop up @ anytime
Google employees can look forward to getting a battle bot along with a Nexus One as their bonus this year.
Cool! Nexus one finally gets a pocket to sit where it can't get broken! Hopefully the bots won't get nasty...
LOL... oh how the Mighty have Fallen.... FAST! The Nexus one = Jukie.. nobody will remember it in the next 6 month. ):
@Sniggih
its still a good phone. I never understood the "superphone" monika though.
doesnt look smart...
We need Cell Phone Wars.
You want to make the endless Android vs iPhone vs Web OS vs etc etc fight a bit more physical? Hitch your favourite phone into a little chariot like this, add small rotary blades, and may the best Mobile Operating System win!
It is Intel Science and Engineering Fair... I would know because I qualified for it last year...
@prodigypv "At Intel's 2010 International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose"... I guess you were just trying to find a way to "brag" as your post has no other merit... sorry.
@DBG Actually, I think they changed it, because when I was reading it, it said, "Intel Engineering and Science Fair at San Jose".
@prodigypv My apologies then =). They really should have a "this story has been edited" function... but considering the average changes in your typical Engadget story, that might bring Weblogs, Inc. crashes to it's knees (we love you guys and your 5 a.m. posts though).