SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T06:13:29-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #53 on ROB-13222 - MiP Robotic Platform - White/BlackCustomer #53urn:uuid:f2378901-bac5-9358-f79c-56277bef5ae72015-04-19T16:46:31-06:00<p>I have this bot. It is quite a bit of fun to hack around with. I have successfully connected my MacBook to it over Bluetooth Low Energy using <a href="https://github.com/WowWeeLabs/MiP-BLE-Protocol" rel="nofollow">WowWee's protocol documentation</a> and written C code to control it. It is also possible to connect a microcontroller directly to the UART on the bot as shown in the Sparkfun tutorials and control it that way too.<p>I think that this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVe4eC9YB0" rel="nofollow">YouTube review video</a> is pretty good at showing the stability and fun experienced with this bot as kids play around with two of them in the laser tag like battle mode.</p></p>
Customer #53 on ROB-13222 - MiP Robotic Platform - White/BlackCustomer #53urn:uuid:60977ca9-678e-6b14-61b9-63c6dcfc5e5b2015-04-19T16:12:43-06:00<p>I have this bot and have been hacking around with it a bit over the last month. I just thought I would list a few links that I found helpful:<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/WowWeeLabs/MiP-BLE-Protocol" rel="nofollow">Official WowWee MiP Protocol Documentation - BLE & UART</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://macetech.com/blog/node/126" rel="nofollow">MiP Teardown on macetech.com</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/WowWeeLabs/MiP-iOS-SDK" rel="nofollow">iOS SDK for MiP</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://github.com/WowWeeLabs/MiP-Android-SDK" rel="nofollow">Android SDK for MiP</a></p></li>
</ul></p>
DanFinlay on ROB-13222 - MiP Robotic Platform - White/BlackDanFinlayurn:uuid:71934cf2-5e48-337b-ba2e-28fdf53dfc7e2014-12-11T13:43:24-07:00<p>I think the MiP is proven quite tinker-friendly in <a href="https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/hacking-the-mip---proto-back" rel="nofollow">this sparkfun post</a></p>
Customer #525619 on ROB-13222 - MiP Robotic Platform - White/BlackCustomer #525619urn:uuid:67e536fe-80c3-093d-3e61-cbc9e181b0322014-12-01T08:35:55-07:00<p>This is actually quite a popular retail product, available at Target and (cheaper) at Amazon. The latter might have a better return policy than SF. There are a few videos on youtube about this, and it seems stable. My son wanted it for Christmas, but I think it'll go the way of Zoomer (which I gave my daughter last year). I don't think it's worth $100, nor is it made to be tinker-friendly. It appears quite limited, and I can't see it holding a child's interest for more than a few hours. As a plus, though, the Android app doesn't ask for excessive permissions.</p>
DaddyOh on ROB-13222 - MiP Robotic Platform - White/BlackDaddyOhurn:uuid:3bcbfcef-8151-cc54-b6ab-5bcadb01be1f2014-11-28T08:23:01-07:00<p>Who has this bot? What do you think. I just built a self balancing one from a kit and have it 90% stable but it needs a lot of work.<p>Lets here your comments about the MiP.</p><p>Eric</p></p>
free-bee on ROB-13222 - MiP Robotic Platform - White/Blackfree-beeurn:uuid:3508a2d2-9c38-cf5a-1fa7-80cd838850252014-11-21T10:50:40-07:00<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4LBQqQGipg" rel="nofollow">Equip it with this.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQB9yv5n80" rel="nofollow">Chop this audio into it's individual phrases.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11029" rel="nofollow">Get the robot to say the phrases</a></li>
<li>Put into tracking mode.</li>
<li>Release into the wild.</li>
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