Future Additions
(Possible) Future additions:
-Airsoft or paintball gun with pan/tilt
DONE-Tube launched model rocket with tilt
DONE-Lights
-Turbo button (dump another 12v into motors for a few seconds)
-Treads on tires / real tires
-Sensors (we have installed an optical shaft encoder on the rocket tube. I want to feed that data into a javascript calculator to estimate the distance that the rocket will travel given that angle.)
-Control via keyboard (use arrow keys or WASD to drive the rover by capturing keystrokes with Javascript and passing it to PHP. I am about halfway to getting this working).
-Failsafe (Need to check to make sure wifi is in range and there are no problems. Primarily to stop the rover from running off and making us chase it.)
-GPS (Will help with autonomous mode and let us map wifi access points and stuff.)
-WokFi/WiFry: use asian cookware (like large woks) as parabolic antennas to dramatically extend the range of the rover. There’s a lot of hacking being done in this area, and I’d like to try to apply it.
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