Well since you mentioned RC, the coolest thing I've ever done with anything radio controlled was back in 2000. I took an old remote-controlled Radio
Shack futuristic tank-looking toy with a claw on the front and modified it.
I took off the claw because it didn't work too well and got in the way, and I took off a weird "War of the Worlds"-looking lamp head on top. It had a
great set of treads though, that I improved by adding some steel spikes to
for added traction. In the place of the claw in the front I put an old RC
car wheel to help it climb over things in the front. Anyway, that's the
base. But here's the best part. I bought a tiny wireless color camera from X-10 and a battery pack for it. I mounted (lots of tape.. heh) these on the top of the "robot," with the camera facing forward. I also mounted two small flashlights on the top pointing forward to illuminate the camera's field of vision, and also a battery-powered reading light that stood up in the back (without the shade on) to throw some ambient light around. Here's where the fun starts. With the video received on a TV in my bedroom, I put the little robot at the entrace to my crawlspace and drove it around down there under
the house. It was awesome. The only bad thing is that it actually got stuck once and I had to crawl down there and get it loose (from some plastic sheeting). But other than that, it worked like a charm. I video taped the camera's output for posterity as well. When I was done I drove it back to
the opening of the crawlspace and picked it up. Fun stuff.

Then there was that time I sent the robot down the hall into the living room during one of my brother's parties... but that's for another time. :)

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Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Red Wolf to All on Mon Feb 14 2005 15:38:00

Well since you mentioned RC, the coolest thing I've ever done with anything radio controlled was back in 2000. I took an old remote-controlled Radio Shack futuristic tank-looking toy...

There was just an article on SlashDot a couple days ago about a guy who
did this. Was that you?

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Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Angus Mcleod to Red Wolf on Mon Feb 14 2005 08:14 pm

Nope. Do you have a link to the article? I'd love to see it. I'm sure his
was much cooler than mine.

Red Wolf

Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Red Wolf to All on Mon Feb 14 2005 15:38:00

Well since you mentioned RC, the coolest thing I've ever done with anythi radio controlled was back in 2000. I took an old remote-controlled Radio Shack futuristic tank-looking toy...

There was just an article on SlashDot a couple days ago about a guy who
did this. Was that you?

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Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Red Wolf to Angus Mcleod on Tue Feb 15 2005 01:58:00

Nope. Do you have a link to the article? I'd love to see it.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/11/2218241&tid=133&tid=1

I'm sure his was much cooler than mine.

I don't know about that. Did yours use duct-tape?

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Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Angus Mcleod to Red Wolf on Tue Feb 15 2005 08:10 am

Haha, yeah, mine looked pretty similar in terms of stuff taped to the top.
I think I actually video taped what it looked like instead of taking pictures (didn't have a digital camera then), so I'll have to find that tape and take some screen shots. His was executed in a neater fashion though. I think I used masking tape. :)

Thanks for the link.

Red Wolf

Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Red Wolf to Angus Mcleod on Tue Feb 15 2005 01:58:00

Nope. Do you have a link to the article? I'd love to see it.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/11/2218241&tid=133&tid=1

I'm sure his was much cooler than mine.

I don't know about that. Did yours use duct-tape?

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Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Red Wolf to Angus Mcleod on Tue Feb 15 2005 12:27 pm

Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Angus Mcleod to Red Wolf on Tue Feb 15 2005 08:10 am

Haha, yeah, mine looked pretty similar in terms of stuff taped to the top.
I think I actually video taped what it looked like instead of taking picture (didn't have a digital camera then), so I'll have to find that tape and take some screen shots. His was executed in a neater fashion though. I think I used masking tape. :)

Thanks for the link.

I particularly liked the story that goes along with it.

digital man

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Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Angus Mcleod to Red Wolf on Tue Feb 15 2005 08:10 am

Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Red Wolf to Angus Mcleod on Tue Feb 15 2005 01:58:00

Nope. Do you have a link to the article? I'd love to see it.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/11/2218241&tid=133&tid=1

I'm sure his was much cooler than mine.

Did you see this guys Mech costume?
http://hallert.net/mech/mechcostume.htm

That's gotta be the coolest costume ever!

digital man

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Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Digital Man to Angus Mcleod on Tue Feb 15 2005 14:49:00

Did you see this guys Mech costume?
http://hallert.net/mech/mechcostume.htm

That's gotta be the coolest costume ever!

Translation: The man is wacko, and his wife is too terrified to call in
the people with the white suits and the big butterfly net.

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Re: Remote Control Camera Bot
By: Digital Man to Red Wolf on Tue Feb 15 2005 02:38 pm

I particularly liked the story that goes along with it

Thanks. It was a fun experience.. and I have trouble finding people who appreciate that sort of thing.

Re: Mech Costume:

Holy crap. That's hilarious. I've gotta show that to my friend -- but he's going to want to build one. :P

Red Wolf

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