Android mobile application for controlling Arexx robots

The ASURO project is presented, the used hardware devices and software development tools, methodologies and technologies are described. The aim of the project is to create algorithms and software modules for controlling Arexx robots. Two robot types are considered, the ARX-03 ASURO and the AAR-04 ASURINO robot. The AAR-04 robot is the improved version of ARX-03, with Arduino platform, which makes the development of software modules much easier. In the framework of the presented project the robots are extended with special hardware modules (sensors and Bluetooth communication modules). The project contains an Android mobile application, which provides the user interface for controlling the robots. The robots are equipped with a WiFi camera, the camera image can be visualized in real time with the mobile application, together with sensor information. The robots can be controlled by rotating the mobile device or with virtual buttons on the display.