ToboT: Android Things-Based, Voice-Controlled Vehicle

Abstract

ToboT is an Android Things application to move a vehicle based on the Pimoroni STS Pi Kit. It also contains different other remote control methods like a website that is hosted on the vehicle or simple Google Assistant voice commands to let it move it ahead, left, right, backwards or it lets the vehicle stop. ToboT was never be intend to be more than a great and enjoyable spare time project. That means, no code is production-ready.

Why I built it

I wanted to build something that's more as just bits and bytes. I wanted to revise my Java skills and learn something completely new. Thats why I built ToboT.

This project is not a "that's how to do it", it's more a "a totally noob can do this, what can you do?"-type of project.

Control flow

Components

• Android Things app running on the Pi that controls the motors.
• Embedded Webserver that runs on the Pi for providing a web interface
• Firebase Database service to remotely control the pi
• Google Action to add the speech-to-move feature.