Police Cruiser

Drive Our RC Cars

These RC cars are in a cardboard arena in our basement
You can see the edges of the arena outlined in white
When you click on a blue arrow the car will move.
Drive controls are relative to the front of the car.
When the Cars are on, all button presses get sent to the car in sequence.

Wait for the car to stop moving before pressing the next button
otherwise you'll just grind the gears when the car hits the wall
Car Status: ON please be nice to the cars - avoid grinding against the walls and smashing into each other

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Great Fun!
I Love it!
Change the batteries dude!
it is awesome
wow!!!!
:)
This is better than most of the "games" on the internet because it's real
cool
red one is pretty fast, latency from here is pretty high though. Great work!
wonderful!
very very complicated -- il.NoNNo
cool! too bad for the delay!
Delay eliminated:-You should now see the movement right away!!!
wohh
car war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gets better every time!
wow! they are much faster now!
We hacked the cars and added an extra battery each - that's why they are faster!
It's fun if you happen to find someone else playing at the same time! Hi . . . . .
Low delay
wooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
cool, how many cars do you have, only one person can drive at a time?
You should get an RC FedEx truck.
This was great fun! Thanks from California
It is real fun, but the controls are still a bit rusty ;)
Keshav Manishaaunti
We loved it. DADA
this is pretty wild; great job!
nice proof-of-concept well done
this is great man, nice work!
very very cool
hammer
this does not work from school
brilliant!
You should be studying in school - not playing with RC cars at home ;-)
excelent work
I don't get it, but my girlfriend loves it.
gotta go for now - hope you enjoy - site mod
Thanks grate fun.
Well done!
good job! :)
vERY sMART cONCEPT !!!
Freaking radical
Why not mount a camera on each car and improve the handling . That be really enjoyable! :D
Thanx we're working on the car mounted cams
this year i could not come but i drove your cars and crashed them. great fun kudos.
neat!
awesome app!!!
but i think movemets per click are too much. cars keep on clinging on the edges
how do the cars not get broken!?
very cool!
Awesome
w00t! :D
Awesome do you have code anywhere or more info?
awesome
i love thm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is wicked
this is better that stupid flash games
nice project. congratulation
I love it!
I love it!
best project ever
Great project! Please post details also on how did you done it
awesome!
I' m gonna do the same
Super Awsome, gonna make me one
Can you put a ball/cube in there. and draw a couple goals at either end, so I can play soccer with my buds or any other person on the web. Maybe even have processing look to see if the "Green Ball/Cube" is in the goal area and have a counter to keep score. I will have to try to make me one of those. If you put the ball in I might be able to use your video feed and make the scoreboard from your feed. Super cool dude. MarkInRaleigh
Other Idea - First to touch x number of targets. Have cars drive over targets to score points. Have a timer
This is amazing :) well done!
omg this is the coolst thing iv seen arduino do i want to do this now!!!!
Amazing fun
Nice!
very clever and fun, thanks
lol i did the same thing for a school project =) but i set the webcam on car cockpit instead
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lots of fun. the the controls are a bit tough to get used to and sensitive..wish the arena was bigger that would be cool.
:)
nice love it
yee ha! awesome!
red vipe is a nice change but its left turn needs some help, its a bit figgety.
Pretty neat. Can't wait to show my son. Virginia, USA
This is Awesome! Great job!
awesome!!! ;) great fun!
KILLER AP
That's Cool! I like it.
so cool!
awesome, I am speakless
Very nice ! I hope you can improve the command scaling soon !
Genius!!!
cool!! It would be good to have a stop order too
lol good fun :D
Cool Idea and implementation
Even hard to believe that it is real, for a non-tech person!! isn't it animation? ;)
sweet need some jumps now
muito loco!
cool :)
Awesome Concept!
NEAT!
Can you post the sourcecode for this amazing project?
:) COOL and Fun/ It is based on Arduino ?
kudos !!!
Any tutorials or arduino scripts available ?
Any tutorials or arduino scripts available ?
VERY COOL, !!!
wow that is very cool
exelent !! with the the sound it can be greater.
hahaha! awesome!
Just found this on the Arduino Website, very cool
awesome project
Really nice stuff. Congratulations for a great idea
Lovely stuff: but a single tap on the blue viper makes it go and bang into the wall in the front... Probably the car should be recalibrated for the battery
If it's really real, it's a great project!
its fun
Nice!!!!
Sweet!!
buena idea
red one need charge!!
from colombia! Espectacular!
Verry nice, what does the project contain of hardware ? whats the total price ? thank !
ilike!!! :D
fun
Lol
Brilliant!
w00t
sweet but you should make area larger
007
hey on arudino playground you post the link but not how you did it.
Haha nice grats man :)
Excellent !!!! but where is the blue car ? :C
Need mouse or rat in the box it will be more fun ^^
Awsome
Fabulous
This is awesome, I would love to see some of the programing behind it. GREAT JOB!
great project!
very nice - greetings from germany
zrp ftw
hahaha good job!
Brilliant...just freaking Brilliant...you have inspired me!!!!
this is so lol :>
cool! Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden
pretty cool, how can i view some source?
Cool!!
Amazing, great effort!
need a bigger box
Very cool!
*CRASH* :D
nice!
very nice! can you please share with me how you have done this? e-mail me at: (email removed - by admin)
I saw the link at Antipasto blog. Congratulations from Brazil. Very cool.
gr8
This Is Awesome!!!
you should try implement using the key board arrows.
Thanks guys! Regards from Italy!
Awesome RC Carduino! Instructable please!
Great project. Well done and thanks.
win city
really awesome! nice project!
Haha. This is pretty cool.
very cool project!
:> nice
cool can you e-mail the plans to me at (email removed by moderators)
Wow, good frame rate!
totally great.
Awesome!
love it
This is fake isn't it? site mods: Nope! - WebCam+Arduino+RC Cars = RC Carduino!
Hey, this is just like that episode of the Big Bang Theory! And your name is Rajesh! What are the odds!?!
Awesome idea...fun too!
sweet.
huahuahuahua
Awsome :D
Can I read about the design? :)
Amazing! I hope you share the knowledge!! :)
good project!
monnezza
destruction derby !!!!
fight back red car
nice work! the blue car seems to have some steering problems though
Awesome!
GREAT!!!! Greatings from Holland
Nice work, very cool.
Ahh! The blue viper turned red!
Nice Work. love this kind of interactive proyects
Very cool! You should add some scenery so we have something to do besides run into each other :-D
Paint a race track on the cardboard so people will have a goal other than hitting the other car
BATTERIES!
Very Cool!!!!!Hello from Greece
Brilliant! Pointless, but brilliant!
Awesome, but hard to control with everyone else doing the same :P
Rock On!!! That is totally awesome!
real fun! :-)
Robot wars! :-P
I can see shadows like someone's watching site mods: Yup - that would be us working on other projects! (Halloween stuff right now
awesome. love it!
fun yeah!
you just made my day!!
cool. is there a write-up on the rig?
Soo cool
cooooooooooooollll
What about an obstical course?!?!
I don't know how you charge the cars, but consider equipping cars will have upper and lower copper brush contacts which align with charged metallic foil tape around perimeter of arena, one with positive charge, one with negative. Program cars to back up periodically, maybe after idle, enough to reach the nearest arena wall and make contact. Might work! Just an idea. :-)
Idea: Add some type of switch to sense hits specifically against opponent car... keep score and post score updates upon each it. Bonus: upon each collision, post frame or two before and after impact froma side-view camera detailling collision.
Awesome work!
Loads of fun. Blue works great but red needs a battery change. Loved it though.
Great demonstration!!
INCREDIBLE IDEA :D
Very nice!
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how is playing with my bleu viper ????
that was fun! hard to resist urge to smash cars together :P
lolz great fun
wow this is pretty cool!!!
Map the keyboard to control the cars!
H2 moves pretty quick
how long have you been running this site?site mods: running since May '09
Very Cool! Great work!
mUIIIITOO LEGALLL!!!! VERRRRYYY COOOLLLLLLL!!!
Hero, I salute you.
the coolest thing i've ever seen!
Ahh Sorry I flipped the blue car :(
woohoo i fixed it myself sorry about the flip
so cool!
Sorry about the flipped car :) this is REAALLY cool
sweet! but the yellow hummer doesn't want to turn much.
This is kind of the greatest thing ever
This is pretty awesome!
could you link to some technical details? Arduino sketch / hardware / web2arduino communications etc, thanks!
:) :P :D :O :{) :-)
sorry for hitting the cars! site mods say: No Problem at all :)
Your project inspired me to buy an arduino kit! - Clete Blackwell II site mods: welcome to the arduino community we'd love to see what you come up with!
This is cool. I heard that they have the same thing but with rifles and animals! Meant to allow bedridden hunters to hunt. That's 21st century for you!
YEAAAAAAAAA-HOOO!
Epic.
i like the idea even if its just fun for a minute. great work!
The blue coupe is really fast!!! Actually it drifts!!! Thanks for that!!! John
oups, i did that :O
The system admins at questia.com like it :D
the blue car appears to be stuck
blue car needs alignment, it curves badly when trying to go straight
Sorry for hitting the cars!!! Anyway, thank you, I love it! :D
thanks from spin
thanks from spain
Awesomely implemented. Although the blue car favors the left a little bit.
This is wicked.
Epic
how you guys made it??coollll
Really nice, thanks for the hard work!
Fantastic! Thanks for the fun. Now I wanna do this.
I have never seen anything like this. Really cool. I had to send this to my son who is studing robotics. For the geeks in us, we'd love to know how you have this setup to be controlled by the internet. GREAT WORK my friend!!
That is so awesome, for real
nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So cool! More fine-grained control would be cooler though :)
If you place some bright markers on the front of the cars it'd be easier to figure out which direction it will go. From above you can't really tell front and rear.
hey when will this be up again :) we're usually up from 7am to 10pm - contribute to the battery fund if you'd like to see longer hours :)
AWESOME! I want one now too!
the image is blured
i see you moved the skull
Nice parking or what?
Whoot!
I RAMMED that skull!
I can think of a few celbrity/politician doll-heads I would like to see in place of the skull, but I will keep those to myself. ; )
I think the car needs a front-end allignmnet!
OOPS! I think I broke it! It won't turn right! nope, just low batteries :)
HEY!!! What the heck!
Meh! I stink.
ghgh
Thanks for entertaining me. : ) I have to go cram for an exam now.
Ha! PWONED by a 42 year old WOMAN!
Okay... 47. Hey, this has been tons of fun. I'm going to go make a donation now.
My car is dying!
Or does the other vehicle have a forcefield?
Buah ha ha!
Really cool! Thanks for letting us play. :)
AWESOME!!!!!!!!! I want to make one,
Is there an email adress for this guy?
I really want to do this, I am experienced with this kind of this stuff but I don not know where to go to help me. Can someone direct me to a site for something like this?
OMG... sorry!! I think I just broke a wheel... ahh sorry.
Where are the breaks? I keep crashing the cars into the wall.
Brakes, I mean. This is a fantastic game. Tell us more about yourself pls.
What brand of cars are they? X-Mods? new ones are "Big Time Muscle" by JADA toys - old one were real cheap imports
hey keshav its me liz ur site rocks im bookmar king it!!!!!!!!
looks like turning isn't working on the po po and the corvette only turns one way
haha awesome!! -sp00nix
are you using the arduino ethernet library? nope. Arudino talks to the server via serial port (USB) and it controls the RC controllers for the cars
link to tutorial?
does this project require a static IP address? no, you can use dynamic ip address and a free service like dyndns (that's what we currently use)
I have a topic running, www.instructables.com/community/Remote-control-cars-over-the-internet
Red one is too fast
Hmmm...i see a gray screen.... Also, you may want to use the textarea tag The car status message tells what's going on - looks like you visited after we were closed for the night - we're working on a more permanent setup. Also thanks for the heads up about the text area.
Great stuff - Nice work !
Hi guys. N.C.Perry.
Well... it's been a day now... Still nothing... well... hmm.. seems like you visit late at night - since you gave us a huge heads up about the comment area we're leaving the lights on the next couple of nights. If you still don't see the vid then the problem is on the client side
haha, its's safe
It works now this is so awesome!
lol, i saw you move the car back like 10 times :P
what happened to me viper? :(
ALMOST hit the batteries when you where changing then ;P
I donated you 1 dollar(i'm weseley, known on the internet as recreate)
Sorry i missaligned the arena :P
wow xDDDD
pleas can you make good control.Pleas ))
How do I know this isn't just a Flash game? lol
"please be nice to the cars - avoid grinding against the walls and smashing into each other " lol, my fault, sorry, it's just too hard to control the cars >_<
Hey, Can you tell me how you are streaming video to that flash thingy? I would like to know. :) red5
jhah
Oh thanks! :D I may try a similar project. ;)
hey bro, how many hits have u had on this way cool site?
do ya think you can post some instructables on this? check the link in one of the comments above
this is great! I salute you king of geeks! :)