Robot being driven with iPhone First Team 1303

[Griever102]

We drove a robot with an iPhone =] Here is the link to our sweet video! (Sorry there is no sound) Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-3dCn7d3ZA

[Andrew Zeller]

Looks very nice! I have downloaded the app on my ipod touch but have yet to try driving the robot with it. Do you think GDC will allow this to be used at the competition?

[basicxman]

Originally Posted by boarder3512

Looks very nice! I have downloaded the app on my ipod touch but have yet to try driving the robot with it. Do you think GDC will allow this to be used at the competition?

As long as you have a driver station controlling the robot.

[MCahoon]

<R79> Other than the system provided by the ARENA, no other form of wireless communications shall be used to communicate to, from or within the OPERATOR CONSOLE.

This would indicate it is unlikely unless you somehow tether the iPhone to the stations to make the connection and disable any wireless output to the satisfaction of the inspectors.

[Andrew Zeller]

I think that with the pressure and chaos that the drivers experience during the match it would be easiest to use joysticks anyways.

[Duke461]

What if your iPhone got a text while you were using the app? I don't think you'd be using that again.

[archer003]

That's awesome! I love it. What app is this?

[mobilegamer999]

What application is that?

[EDIT]
Looking around the appstore i found "MungoGamer Steering Wheel" which has the exact same GUI as what is shown in that video. So, if i may be so bold as to guess how you pulled this off. iPhone connects to then Mungoserver on a computer which is running driver station. DS detects Mungo as a joystick, and values are sent as normal joystick values over the connection to the robot?

[NetPlanet]

I got a similar app called DS Lite. I haven't tried it yet, but the GUI isn't as nice as the one in the video. Although, it does have a neat virtual I/O board. I'm almost certain that you wouldn't be allowed this during competition. The rules are (for good reasons) quite strict about wireless communications.

[mobilegamer999]

Originally Posted by NetPlanet

I got a similar app called DS Lite. I haven't tried it yet, but the GUI isn't as nice as the one in the video. Although, it does have a neat virtual I/O board. I'm almost certain that you wouldn't be allowed this during competition. The rules are (for good reasons) quite strict about wireless communications.

Yea, im actually the person who created DS Lite (which is why I was asking what app this was) and yea, the GUI is still under work.

[xSAWxBLADEx]

Originally Posted by mobilegamer999

Yea, im actually the person who created DS Lite (which is why I was asking what app this was) and yea, the GUI is still under work.

nice work