Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Tippy for ICEC 2011

What is Tippy?

Tippy:
- is a Telepresence Robot
- has a simple microcontroller-based drive system
- runs on ANY mobile device with a front facing camera and 2-way video application (such as Skype)
- uses optic coupling to provide a novel interface between the mobile device and drive control hardware
- does not require any other mobile app for operation
- costs less than $100 in parts (excluding iPod touch) if you build it yourself

Tippy allows the user to achieve telepresence by leveraging powerful, existing mobile devices quickly and easily. Tippy can be easily packaged into other formats using different sized devices (smartphones, handhelds and tablets) without custom mobile applications and the control scheme can be adapted to control any kind of external hardware.

For more information, take a look at our conference paper HERE.

To see Tippy in action, check out the following video:


If you're interested in finding out more, please find our contact info here!