Moderator Comment by Jack Crossfire on December 3, 2009 at 12:15pm

From what limited footage they give, wireless video on the iPhone looks much smoother than the Android video we saw ages ago. Theoretically the Android video went through a bunch of interpreted stages while the iPhone video is all natively processed.

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/yarb-robotic-blimp-controlled

Moderator Comment by Howard Gordon on December 3, 2009 at 12:25pm

CMU's iphone console, which might be based on this code - http://code.google.com/p/iphone-srv/ is perhaps a little faster than the Android app, which is java based, but the Android frame rate isn't bad. We're now doing javascript consoles for smart phone browsers that require no native application, and the performance is very much dependent on the javascript implementation. It is interesting that iphone's javascript, at least for images, is quite a bit faster than android's.

Comment by Matthew M on December 3, 2009 at 2:18pm

Once again more rehashed already been done bought it at spark fun technology with a groovy sound track. The most disturbing for me is a major aerospace company is supporting it. It's things like this that make me think that Indian guy was right. This is all things that could have been done in 1980 with a Big Trak, commode door 64 and the technical prowess of a 10 year old. God help America!

Moderator Comment by Howard Gordon on December 3, 2009 at 2:37pm

???

That particular video was actually created to pitch the exec producer of a prime-time TV show who wants to incorporate the technology into some story lines, so they were just having fun. The underlying technology is more subtle - they're managing 10+ robots, doing sensor fusion, integrated through various user interfaces. More of the detail is shown here - http://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/gadget/?p=demos However, if you think you can replicate their work through the components you get from SparkFun plus your Commodore 64, have at it.

Comment by Matthew M on December 3, 2009 at 2:46pm

Oh it all makes sense now, I take it back. :P

"However, if you think you can replicate their work through the components you get from SparkFun plus your Commodore 64, have at it." <--- Don't tempt me.

Comment by Zahid Hasan on December 4, 2009 at 11:58am

Awesome video. I think that the misunderstanding that this is easy can be attributed to how well your finished product looks. What is the music?

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