punch buggy

2017 | Playstation Controlled RC Car

A buggy that is controlled using a PlayStation controller through Bluetooth. It has all the functions of a normal RC car with a few added extras like the fact you can make it punch or slap something, play the Dukes of Hazard horn or have it tell you when somethings coming. The aim to create an out of screen PlayStation experience. Serial communication is used to transfer data from processing to Arduino. Processing reading in the control data from the PS3 controller which is then sent via through the serial port received by an HC-05 Bluetooth chip on the buggy itself.

 

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