Wifibot is a company from France that develops new models of robots. One of their leading models is the U-Trooper, a robot that can be programmed in Linux and Windows.



The micro-trooper platform is characterized by a great flexibility that allows the robot to be used in multiple environments and situations. An articulated mechanical design and the six wheel drive allow the micro-trooper to move outdoors, over rough terrain. The robot can overcome most obstacles that can be encountered outside. However, the maximum hight of the obstacles has to be 18cm.



U-Trooper includes a very capable industrial board running under Linux or Windows XP. It features a large choice of accessible interfaces, like Ethernet, RS232, USB2, keyboard and mouse input, VGA output, but the robot also has wireless mesh-networking capabilities (wi-fi). This makes it ideal for multi-robot applications.

 

The robot can be controlled through the internet, since the ip camera will send the video stream directly to the person who controls the machine. There are some additional components that can be installed if the buyer requests them: GPS, IR range sensors and a ethernet-serial bridge, and as a special option, a waterproof ip camera.



The u-trooper also has Google maps support, and can pin-point the exact position of the device, an option that can be very useful, when you use this kind of technology. The robot's batteries have a 2 hours autonomy and can be recharged, but you can also have some spare batteries in case you can't recharge the batteries in useful time.



It uses a 500 MHZ Geode LX800 AMD processor, has 512 MB RAM memory, and a flash memory with a storage capacity of 2GB. The robot also has a modular and a open architecture, which means you can have many more upgrades on the future, should you desire to.