Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Motion Camera ROB1
Website:http://www.sonyericsson.com Silicon Supplier: Freescale (Dragonball 200Mhz processor) ARM Core: ARM9 core Description: Sony Ericsson have used Linux to build a tiny robotic camera (ROB1) which can be controlled via Bluetooth from any Bluetooth/Java phones. The device measures 4.3 inches (110mm) in diameter, and weighs 2.2 pounds (1kg). It has a maximum speed of 0.67 feet/sec (0.2 m/sec), and a camera that can rotate from 20 degrees to 70 degrees. The ROB-1 is powered by a 200MHz Freescale Dragonball processor with an ARM9 core. The ROB-1 is compatible with any phone that has a Java platform with Bluetooth. Preferably phones which can manouvre the ROB-1 using a joystick interface. I.e Sony-Ericsson's P900 or P910. It will then stream video back to the phone, and the phone can capture frames from the stream. Operating Systems: Linux Available: The ROB-1 is expected to reach market in Q3, 2005 |