Implementation of RemRover: A Remotely Controlled Rover Built Using IoT and Web Sockets

Technology has provided humans with abundant potential. Among all the technological devices in the world of Internet of Things, robots have displayed the most significant growth. Whether in the sphere of entertainment or space exploration, robots have proven to be consequential in achieving swift development. A surface exploration tool with the ability to travel across a flat surface is called a rover. Some rovers are designed as land vehicles to transport members of a human spaceflight crew; others are partially or fully automated robots. An important aspect of a rover is seamless and remote navigation through unexplored territory. RemRover is a cost-effective, easy- to-control surveillance vehicle that continually transmits video footage of the area it is exploring. The user has full control over the movement of the rover through an efficient and responsive socket-based web interface. The ability to control the device remotely is achieved through secure tunnels, which expose the local development server to the Internet. The camera module on the rover is supplemented with a pan and tilt mechanism that allows a 360-degree view. This paper describes the design and implementation of this rover.