Android based semi-autonomous collision avoidance robot

Modern Smartphones have become amazing devices which house processors that match processing speeds of a standard entry level computer. In this paper a model for using an Android™ based Smartphone as the main computational device for a semi-autonomous robot is presented. A stripped down National Instrument (NI) LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit chassis together with a combination of an IOIO Board and a Android Smartphone serve as the hardware structure of the robot. The processes for designing a custom Android™ Application, issues with hardware and the shortcomings of technologies used are also presented. Finally a robot which is controlled remotely with integrated obstacle detection and avoidance is achieved.