Smartphone robots

Abstract

In this chapter we aim to introduce the smartphone robots as a viable research and testing platform. As the smartphone gains on the popularity and market share, the creation of the applications that use artificial intelligence for these devices seems much more important. A smartphone robot is an incremental advancement of the smartphone and uses a smartphone for control functions (aka “the brain”) and the chassis with actuators and sensors for moving and acting in an environment (aka “the brawl”). Although these robots have somewhat limited abilities, they offer interesting abilities, nonetheless. The easy development of programs working with sensory data (camera, gyro, accelerometers) or with services available (voice recognition service) means that we can focus on creating the smart applications for these robots.