You have already seen the Darth Vadar Alarm Clock and now you would like to have something from the ‘Force’. Build yourself a Star Wars R2-D2 robot and control it using an iPhone. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it?. The work of this iPhone controlled R2-D2 robot is still progress though it can be fully controlled with a standard remote as of now. But, the creator is working on making it 100% controllable using the iPhone’s interface. For now, only the servo and the dome motor can be controlled using iPhone’s accelerometer and slider control on the touch screen of iPhone. The maker of this iPhone controllable R2-D2 robot plans to make the Dome motor, Feet motors, Holo servo, door panel servos, JEDI system control (lights), Periscope , Lifeform scanner etc. controllable using just the iPhone and he is working on it. Other touch screen controls are possible too such as rotary controls, buttons, XY controls, and multitouch as well as gestures. One should be able to interface with the J.E.D.I display as well and type in text messages in the iPhone that will scroll across the front or rear logic displays. Check out the videos below to see how the dome rotate and the servo rotation work using an iPhone.
