Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Motion Cam ROB-1

The ROB-1 has a range of 50 yards for more fun. Via Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson is introducing a Bluetooth controlled mobile camera, the Bluetoth Motion Cam ROB-1. It can be controlled via a Sony Ericsson Bluetooth mobile phone and moves forward and backward on three wheels. It is equipped with a VGA camera (640×480) that will transmit the video back to the mobile phone. The camera is a mini computer running on Linux powered by a 200Mhz ARM processor and 2MB of memory. On the homepage, it is said: “We bet you didn’t know that Bluetooth wireless technology could be this much fun”. True, I did not see this coming. I think that I like it a lot because of the superb design of the camera, I’ll say it one more time: good design sells.

Specs
• Weight: 1 kg/2,2 pounds
• Diameter: 110 mm
• Runs forwards & backwards, turns “on the spot”
• Maximum speed: 0.2 m/sec. Hardware
• Processor: 200 MHz, ARM-9, Dragonball
• User memory size: 2MB
• High intensity LEDs: four LEDs à 1000 mcd Software
• Operating system: Linux OS Compatibility
• Sony Ericsson Bluetooth™ Symbian phones P900 and P910
• Any phone that has a Java platform with Bluetooth™ API JSR-82
• Most Sony Ericsson Bluetooth™ phones, but without video streaming functionality Camera
• Camera resolution: VGA
• Camera tilts 70° upwards and 20º downwards Bluetooth™/USB
• File transfer of still pictures: via Bluetooth™ or USB (incl. upload of the pre-stored controlling application to the phone).
• Supports: Bluetooth™ profiles Object Push (OPP) and File Transfer (FTP)