Video: iPhone Sends Packbot Spinning

Using the iPhone to control teams of drones was just the start. Now, a University of South Florida team has figured out how to take over one of the military’s most popular ground robots with Steve Jobs’ favorite gadget. Unlike the University of California, Berkely’s web-based software which guides the unmanned planes, South Florida’s Packbot-controlling program is native to the iPhone. And unlike other projects which use game pads to drive robots, there’s no proxy machine necessary. All that’
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