Thanks Al B and Ytai for the info! I'm looking forward to see a commercial version of the Tango prototype. Especially if it comes with an API for SLAM (hopefully next year...).
Best, Nicolas On Thursday, May 1, 2014 7:16:14 PM UTC-7, Ytai wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Vinh To" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: May 1, 2014 6:53 PM > Subject: Re: project Tango + NASA SPHERES using IOIO? > To: "Ryan Hickman" <[email protected] <javascript:>>, "Ytai Ben-Tsvi" < > [email protected] <javascript:>>, "Provencher, Chris (ARC-TI)[Stinger > Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. (SGT Inc.)]" <[email protected]<javascript:> > > > Cc: "[email protected] <javascript:>" > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > > > We're talking to SPHERES using RS-232 so we had a USB to RS-232 converted > added to the flight units. If you look at the flight units, the converter > is tucked in behind the battery compartment. > > Over the serial line, we send state packets and waypoint commands to > SPHERES from Tango. > > Let me know if you have more questions. > > On 5/1/14, 6:28 PM, Ryan Hickman wrote: > > Adding Chris and Vinh, who might be able to shed more like on the I/O > between SPHERES and the Project Tango unit. I've certainly seen IOIO's > around NASA but don't know what the final configuration was :) > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Ytai Ben-Tsvi <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Interesting question! I know a few people from both Tango and SPHERES, >> but have not yet asked them this question. Maybe if some of them are on >> this list (*hint, hint...*) they can chime in with some insights :) >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:58 PM, norosUCI <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Ytai, >>> >>> Do you know if NASA is using the IOIO to control the SPHERES from the >>> Tango prototype? >>> >>> For those of you who haven't seen the video: >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc5YyLl1Ksg >>> >>> Poject Tango: >>> https://www.google.com/atap/projecttango/ >>> >>> Poject Tango is really cool. I'd love to have one of these Tango >>> prototypes for my Android based robots. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "ioio-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > > > -- > Ryan Hickman > > Google Inc. > 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway > Mountain View, CA 94043 > > Mobile: (561) 352-6247 > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ioio-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ioio-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
