RoboPad lets you control your robot with a mobile phone or tablet!
Currently you can control the PrintBots Renacuajo, Beetle and Evolution, but lots of friends will be joining them soon!
RoboPad uses Bluetooth to connect to the microcontroller board of the robot and then... let the fun begin!
In the web DIWO of bq, you can find all the information on mounting the 'Renacuajo' and the other PrintBots:
http://diwo.bq.com/en/tag/printbot-en/
You can also download the Arduino code necessary to control your PrintBot with RoboPad here:
http://diwo.bq.com/en/robopad-3/
Place your Renacuajo over a black line and activate the line-follower mode to let the Renacuajo follow the black line automatically. You can also make your Evolution robot avoid obstacles by itself.
The Beetle's movements can be also controlled by the amount of light in the light-avoider mode. For example, cover the left light sensor to turn left, or cover both sensors to stop the Beetle.
Remember to connect the Bluetooth module to the pins of the microcontroller board as follows:
TXD - pin 0
RXD - pin 1
VCC - 5V
GND - GND
You can see a schematic of the connections at any time by clicking on the icon of the robot.
Available languages: English, French and Spanish.
The location permission is needed in order to search for near Bluetooth devices. You can only connect to paired robots if the permission is not accepted.
If you have any question or suggestion you can contact us by sending an email to [email protected], Andy and Anita will be happy to answer you.
RoboPad is an Android Education app developed by bq and published on the Google play store. It has gained around 1000 installs so far, with an average rating of 4.0 out of 5 in the play store.
RoboPad requires Android with an OS version of 2.3 and up. In addition, the app has a content rating of Everyone, from which you can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids, or adult users. RoboPad is an Android app and cannot be installed on Windows PC or MAC directly.
Android Emulator is a software application that enables you to run Android apps and games on a PC by emulating Android OS. There are many free Android emulators available on the internet. However, emulators consume many system resources to emulate an OS and run apps on it. So it is advised that you check the minimum and required system requirements of an Android emulator before you download and install it on your PC.
Below you will find how to install and run RoboPad on PC:
If you follow the above steps correctly, you should have the RoboPad ready to run on your Windows PC or MAC. In addition, you can check the minimum system requirements of the emulator on the official website before installing it. This way, you can avoid any system-related technical issues.
RoboPad APK 5.1 | 9.23 MB | 5.1 |