Wiimote Controls Robot

[Rich Tate]

It seems nowadays using a Wiimote for something like controlling a robotic arm is way cooler than actually using it for playing video games.

A student group project in a Mechatronics class at the University of Michigan produced the Wii-bot arm, which apparently "features direct end effector control using the accelerometers, D-Pad, and a 50 LED sensor bar, unlike the other popular Wiimote Robot Arm (the one with the sword) which was controlled using pattern matching". Ya hear that? The Wii-bots are already preparing for war. Peep the embedded video after the break, in all its whirring and buzzing glory.

 

[Adisharr]

I think if that robot was slower time would have stopped.

 

[Silentbob343]

While I don't care for the Wii, I will admit that Nintedo put a lot of work in to interface design with the wiimote.

 

[moo]

Thats a great kind of lame robot
http://www.usmgarage.com/usmgarage/WiiBot.html
that one is nice using the wiimote and they releaced the video about 3 months ago....
plus theres can do more damage then that tiny little labtech robot....

 

[Silentbob343]

Thats a great kind of lame robot
http://www.usmgarage.com/usmgarage/WiiBot.html
that one is nice using the wiimote and they releaced the video about 3 months ago....
plus theres can do more damage then that tiny little labtech robot....

uh-huh....

A student group project in a Mechatronics class at the University of Michigan produced the Wii-bot arm, which apparently "features direct end effector control using the accelerometers, D-Pad, and a 50 LED sensor bar, unlike the other popular Wiimote Robot Arm (the one with the sword) which was controlled using pattern matching".

 

[moo]

whoops didn't see that part my bad.