Re-construction of Spy Gear RC toy 'Spy Robot'.

[RoboHobby]

Hi,

Have you ever seen robots, based on Spy Gear 'Spy Robot'.
It is RC toy, which looks like small car with claw.

We are trying to re-construct it and make mobile Java (J2ME) robot, based on it.
See:

http://www.RoboHobby.com/CrackSpyGear.jsp

Who else working on similar re-construction?

[TheDuck]

Hey, RH,

The website doesn't seem to be reacting as I would expect. I get the listing of files for the site. However, the challenge sounds interesting! Not to mention you might end up with a great idea for next Christmas!!

If you have time, please keep us up-to-date on your progress.

[RoboHobby]

Hi, TheDuck,

Yes, sometime I have problems with my JSP hosting, sorry.

Try to see, what I have done for now:

http://www.RoboHobby.com/ImproveSpyGear.jsp

Originally it was RC car.
But it is possible to re-construct it and build robot from it.
The toy is big enough to hold cell phone on it.

It is firm enough to carry some things on it.

I suppose, this toy is much more solid, then LEGO toys.
And it was much more cheap then LEGO.
(The price of the toy was about $20-30).

And it has claw.
You can place cell phone or just web camera on this toy, and you can see - where are it is going.

We are working on Java brain for this toy.