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Aren't all FRC robots controlled by the internet? I know there not actually connected to the internet but its the same concept your describing right? In this case you just want to control it from an isolated location too far away to be controlled within reach of the control-board's/network's signal(and are comping for it by adding the kinect camera to see where your going). Or am i missing the objective?
Does this robot have a wireless router on board?
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both the FRC robots and the Netbot are controlled through WiFi, but the difference is the control system. There is no wireless routers on board, instead we just have an everyday laptop strapped onto the top of the robot. Everything is controlled through the laptop. using the laptop as the processor, we can make the robot do pretty much anything we want, we could even install Skype and drive the robot around using the Skype API. Eventually we plan on providing a simple API that allows developers to control the robot using any system they wish
The Kinect cameras are an idea we had for doing more complex image processing, since most laptops have a built in camera, you could probably use that if you wanted to actually control the robot through the Internet.
while the original objective when i started playing on the concept was to build a web controlled robot, however the Objective sort of changed as we developed the robot. you can check the website to see more of what we're aiming for now, but the basic idea is to make a reliable robotics platform that can be modified to do pretty much anything you want.