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Mobile phones have been used to control all kinds of robots in the past. But, we just couldn’t help but let out a chuckle when we heard that one enterprising robotics enthusiasts managed to marry Android to a robot. With a little coding and robotics know-how, Jeffrey Nelson put his T-Mobile G1 to use as the brains behind his “Forknife” robot.
Macpod Software has posted the requisite robot-controlling code on their website. If you know what you what you’re doing in robotics, you too can use your T-Mobile G1 Android phone to control a home-made robot.
[Via: EngadgetMobile]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
