Mobile Surveillance Robot
ooking something like a battle tank, the SRV-1 Mobile Surveillance Robot can trawl around your home or any other place you want to keep an eye on and capture footage of whatever is happening. It can pass obstacles with ease and move like a fancy toy car, but it will be taking video feeds of everything that it passes while doing so.
This mobile robot features a mini video camera, the Omnivision OV9655 1.3 megapixel camera with 160×128 to 1280×1024 resolution so it gives good resolution of footage, and you can decide what resolution you want and program it accordingly.
The SRV-1 mobile robot is powered by a 1000MIPS 500MHz Blackfin BF537 processor. It is controlled via a web browser so you need to have knowledge of how to set up the software to be able to move the robot and get the feeds. You also need to know java, networking and the command line software to be comfortable using it. Because of its web browsing software, it can be operated remotely from any part of the world. You can also archive the feeds for later viewing.
The robot is fully programmable for remote operation and you can schedule the movements as needed. It moves at a speed of 0.5 mph. It comes with all the hardware and software that is required and you can also get third party software support from http://www.roborealm.com/help/Surveyor_SRV1.php ; http://www.surveyor.com/MSRS.html and http://www.cyberbotics.com. Though it looks like a great little moving toy vehicle, it does much more than just looking good. It comes with a battery pack and a charger.
The robot is not really covert because the camera is a dead giveaway, although it can be used in a covert nature in vast open areas where people will be unlikely to take notice. In any case, this is still a very cool robot, especially given that it hasn’t been given a fancy exterior which makes it more appealing and looks like it would be something out of robot wars.