Drive An Australian UGV (Yes, You, Right Now)
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 26 of September , 2008 at 5:21 am
Here’s an excellent way to waste a few minutes of your Friday: take remote control of an unmanned ground vehicle in Australia. BP has set up a miniature course shaped like the fine country/continent of OZ, and stuck five little Surveyor robots (which you can get for yourself here) inside. The robots are controlled wirelessly over the internet by you via a Flash interface, and stream video from front-mounted cameras to let you see where you’re going. You only get 4 minutes at a time, and the bots only seem to operate between 9am and 9pm GMT+10 (whenever the heck that is), but so far I’ve always been first in line and have never had to wait my turn. Codes are hidden around the course that you can use to give yourself more drivin’ time, but I was entertained enough just exploring the city and outback areas and trying to get my little robot to drive over a bridge.
Oh yeah, and the bots are 100% solar powered, go BP!
[ BP Explorer ] VIA [ Trossen Robotics ]
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