Dexter industries have shown how to use their Dexter wifi sensor, in combination with web sockets, to control a NXT robot directly from an iOS device (iPhone or iPad) or an Android. You can read more at their blog post.
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Updated: a leJOS driver class for the NXT2WIFI
Danny Benedettelli recently provided me with a NXT2WIFI prototype sensor to start development of a leJOS driver for it. I’ve been working on the code in my (limited) spare time and have a basic client and server interface developed in Java. This is available in the latest SVN snapshot of leJOS.
Coming soon - leJOS driver for the WifiBlock
The good people at HumaRobotics sent me a prototype WifiBlock to develop a leJOS driver around. I’m working on this in parallel with the NXT2WIFI driver, so it’s interesting to compare both sensors.
Wifi Sensors for the NXT
The market for Wifi drivers for the NXT is exploding - and not a moment too soon I say! Previously the only way to get your NXT to talk to the big bad Internet was to create a homebrew adapter to a wifi sensor; not a project for the faint-of-heart. But now there are [...]
LEGO Street View Car 2
You might remember the original Lego Street View Car I built in April. It was very popular at the Google Zeitgeist event earlier this year. I wanted to re-build the car to only use the Lego Mindstorms NXT motors. I was also keen to make it look more….car-like. The result, after 4 months of experimentation, is version 2.0 [...]
Webserver for the NXT using Dexter Industries dWifi
For this project I wanted to build a webserver using the new Dexter Industries Wifi sensor for the NXT. Dexter have produced a very exciting wifi sensor that you program through the RS485 port on port 4 of your NXT. The RS485 port can communicate with the wifi sensor at speeds up to 921600 baud, so your [...]