So you want to control your favorite robot with finger gestures on your iPhone? Now you can. Yuta Sugiura and his colleagues at the Keio University have developed a new control system for robots dubbed ‘Walky’ that lets you control various robots with your iPhone, using the device like a Wiimote.

You can make the robot walk, jump, turn and even kick a football. Too bad we can’t control large killer bots with it.

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One Response to “Walky Lets You Control Robots With Your iPhone”

1. Emilie Says:
   November 17th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

   Want to control a car with your iPhone? There’s an app for that too. Robot vs. Car – (I think I know who might win)
   Some fellow engineers at National Instruments gutted out an 88′ Oldsmobile, built a control system with LabVIEW and they can now control it with an iPhone. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x5IziyOcAg&feature=channel

   More technical details here: http://labviewrobotics.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/iphone-controlled-car-more-how-to-materials/

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