A Wireless LAN-Based PDA Control Platform for Security Robots

Advances in the development of Personal Digital Assistants (PDA's) have allowed many users to realize the full potential of using this technology. The uses for such a technology are vast and exciting indeed to cover a broad spectrum of applications. For instance, in the near future it is very conceivable that one can use a PDA with a network connection to control home or office devices from any remote location in the world, through wire or wireless medium. On the other hand, the recent development in wireless LAN technology has boosted up such application by equipping convenient wireless network connectivity on the PDAs with fast transmission speed on a universal license- free frequency. In this research project, we have developed a low cost universal control platform, which is capable of wirelessly commanding and controlling security robots developed in our school by using a PDA through a wireless LAN. The wireless LAN-based platform equips the robots with security features such as surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities by enabling the robots to capture video information and send back to the server wirelessly.