Wireless Network Controlled Robot using a Website, Android Application or Simple hand Gestures

Adarsh Modh^1, , Mosam Dabhi², Lakshmi Narayan Mishra^{3, 4} and Vishnu Narayan Mishra⁵

¹Department of Electrical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat-Dumas Road, Surat- 395007, India

²Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat-Dumas Road, Surat- 395007, India

³Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Silchar - 788 010, District - Cachar (Assam), India

⁴L. 1627 Awadh Puri Colony Beniganj, Phase – III, Opposite – Industrial Training Institute (I.T.I.), Faizabad - 224 001 (Uttar Pradesh), India

⁵Applied Mathematics and Humanities Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Ichchhanath Mahadev Dumas Road, Surat – 395 007 (Gujarat), India

Cite this paper:
Adarsh Modh, Mosam Dabhi, Lakshmi Narayan Mishra and Vishnu Narayan Mishra. Wireless Network Controlled Robot using a Website, Android Application or Simple hand Gestures. Journal of Computer Networks. 2015; 3(1):1-5. doi: 10.12691/jcn-3-1-1

Abstract

This paper presents a robot which is controlled over a wireless network by using a laptop’s web browser and accessing a webpage. The live video feed of the IP-camera (installed on the robot) can be viewed on this website. Thus with such minimal requirements, the robot can be controlled irrespective of the position of the user. Another method to control this robot is by using an android application in which the mobile format of the above website will be viewed and there will be virtual buttons created in the app so as to control the movements. This robot can also be controlled by analysing hand gestures by using an accelerometer.

Keywords:
wireless network control android application embedded system web application

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