The first is cellbots, a project that eases the process of creating an Arduino robot by using an Android device for a data connection, GPS signal and compass. Those and other features are demoed here:
As if that wasn't enough, introduce Jeeney. Jeeney is "a form of assistive AI" by its creators definition and was designed to learn as it is used, like any reasonable AI. The really cool use here is to leverage Androids text to voice and voice to text technology and suddenly you have a moving, camera wielding bot that can have semi intelligent conversations. (kinda sounds like a 3 years old...) This idea interests me and I am going to complete this project in 2 phases.
Phase 1 is pretty simple and completely doable. This summer I will be replacing my 1 1/2 year old G1 with one of the new options (Incredible, Nexus One, Evo 4G) so I will have a spare android device to experiment with. So over the summer I will buy the parts needed to get the cellbot part functional. I have a few ideas on how I can differentiate mine from other bots and make it that much more functional.
Phase 2 is where I have to build the relationships and knowledge to execute something that I have not yet attempted. I need to build a relationship with the creator of Jeeney and hope that he sees just how great a platform for his project this will be and either helps me with the code needed or simply donates it to the project so that I can integrate it into the code already in use for running the Arduino functions.
Once that is complete the idea is to have a smallish roving cellbot that can fetch basic things (definitions, Wikipedia entries, date, time and other things as it learns). I am sure to keep this blog updated on my progress so keep an eye on this site for details as I figure them out.
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