Author Archives: ryan

Send Commands Via XMPP Chat

Posted on April 1, 2010 by ryan

Your Cellbot can now take commands from anywhere in the world via XMPP chat. In this example we’ve created a new Google Account just for the robot, and put the username and password in a brand new config file we’ve … Continue reading →

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Welcome Slashgear and Make readers

Posted on March 31, 2010 by ryan

Looks like Slashgear and Make got a kick out of our latest upgrade to the Truckbot. The new neon green acrylic and voice recognition seems to be a big hit. Thanks for the support!

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Start A Discussion In Our New Group

Posted on March 31, 2010 by ryan

If you have an idea for something awesome that a Cellbot could do, or need help with building your own robot, the new discussion and support group is for you! http://groups.google.com/group/cellbots Start a conversation today, share your projects, or rant … Continue reading →

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Control Your Android Robot With Voice Recognition

Posted on March 30, 2010 by ryan

We’re excited to show our newest capability today: voice recognition! The Android platform comes with voice recognition built in, and thanks to the Android Scripting Environment, we only need a single line of code to use (droid.recognizeSpeech() if you were … Continue reading →

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Neon Green Acrylic Truckbot Shines Bright

Posted on March 17, 2010 by ryan

Our Truckbot robot has officially grown up. We started with some rapid prototyping using cardboard to flesh out our custom CAD design. We were surprised by how well the cardboard worked as a viable robot but we went ahead and … Continue reading →

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