Taking Apart the Spy Video ATV-360

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

I finally took apart the Spy Video which I got for a very good deal. I wanted to see if it would serve as a good platform for a robot and if the drive system could be upgraded. The most difficult part was taking apart the wheel hubs. The interesting part in the hubs design [...]

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Programming the SRV-1 Robot Wirelessly

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

The Surveyor SRV-1 robots( the Philips LPC2378 version) have the ability to be programmed remotely via Maxstream Zigbee radios. The usual way to program the Surveyor SRV-1 is via the lpc21isp utility by issuing the command: lpc21isp.exe -hex srv1.hex com1 115200 14746 . To program the robot wirelessly, follow the steps: 1. Download the flash [...]

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