Inertial remote-control

Abstract

This report presents a Final Year Project cum contest done in collaboration between

Nanyang Technological University and STMicroelectronics. The aim of the project

involves the development of a practical concept and innovative application design of the

iNEMO, a STMicroelectronics produced inertial module.

The concept that will be discussed in this report focuses on the exploration and

experimentation of using the inertial module as a wireless remote-controller capable of

multi-channel movement control. The main study would be the analysis and correlation

of the 3-D orientations of the module with a robotic platform.

The report introduces the use of two of such robotic platforms; namely a 2-D platform –

the Lego Mindstorm NXT and a 3-D platform – the Appcopter, to demonstrate the

concept. This will involve programming work and discussions on the development of the

application.

Discussion on the capabilities and limitations of the concept can be expected, followed

by possible real scale applications.