Robot control over Skype

The 14-year-old American man named Leon created a Mindstorms robot capable of receiving commands through Skype's online voice service.

According to Engadget , Leon is the founder and moderator of the World of Mindstorms page.

Basically, Leon's robot model is a LEGO-driven toy car that is self-executing, but most prominent is the ability to receive commands via the Skype service.

Specifically, from the web interface provided by Leon, the user began initiating a Skype call to Leon's computer, then proceeded to share the screen with a temporary computer called Jeeves. Also, on the other side, another Alfred device will stand in front of this computer (Jeeves) and can see the site that the user is viewing.

The core lies here. When users click on the arrows on the site that Leon provides, the site will change color and shift.

Of course, the new color will be recognized by Jeeves and then moved to Alfred. Next, Alfred sends a command to the Mindstorms via Bluetooth messages. Immediately, Mindstorm will move in the direction the user has requested - corresponding to the arrow key pressed.

To accomplish this, Alfred uses a light sensor camera to analyze the colors on the screen of the Jeeves computer.