[VIDEO] Wiimote Driven VEX Bot

Greg Marra · #1 19-01-2008, 11:34

Here is some quick "take video before it breaks!!!" video of a system I have rigged up to drive a VEX robot using a Nintendo Wiimote.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1JPgqPBQ_ZE

I'll release code tonight, I'm going to keep working on it a bit more.

Blair Frank · #2 19-01-2008, 12:20

Looks awesome! I can't wait to see the code and instructions. Fantastic work.

Lucretius · #3 19-01-2008, 12:53

As cool as it may be, that's a Nunchuk you're using. Have you tried using the accelerometer in the Wiimote? That would be even wickeder.

Greg Marra · #4 19-01-2008, 13:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucretius

As cool as it may be, that's a Nunchuk you're using. Have you tried using the accelerometer in the Wiimote? That would be even wickeder.

The nunchuk is attached to the Wiimote and I am getting the data from the Wiimote, so it's not just trickery

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I am testing with acceleration values, but I am finding that they are updating slowly through GlovePIE, so it's very laggy and jumpy. I will keep working on it, but for now the joystick control is pretty neat.

I am going to go try it on a full size FRC robot now

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