MT Programmers: Arduino "RoboCar" Prototype w/ Unity3D over WiFi
Channel: MT Radio dot Net
Date: 2015-10-21

Eric Petersen and Shawn Wilson demonstrate their "AutoMobile" project. This is an RC kit with Arduino Mega 2560 clone at the heart. Attached is a NodeMCU WiFi dev kit so the car communicates to the PC (or phone, potentially) to send telemetry data and receive drive commands. Also attached are various LEDs, an LCD display screen, 6-axis accelerometer, and sonar sensors. We have a HC-06 Bluetooth module attached for basic administration.

The PC side is running the Unity3D game engine with a scene they created to track the car's movements, display telemetry data, and give drive controls to the user. We also have an auto-drive function that does a pretty good job of driving around and avoiding obstacles. Because this is Unity3D, they can theoretically target this program to Android, iOS, and more platforms.

A mobile Bluetooth application was designed with MIT's App Inventor. This lets them connect to the device via Bluetooth and configure wireless network before opening communication with Unity3D. There is also manual drive buttons in this mobile application.

More details: http://www.meetup.com/Montana-Programmers/events/226038429/