CHAPTER 1

Bluetooth Robot

THE EVIL GENIUS and his Android phone are inseparable. You will find him using it for grocery
shopping, redirecting military satellites, and messaging his minions. The Evil Genius also loves to direct
small robots by remote control using Bluetooth.
This project employs a simple Android app (Figure 1-1) and an Arduino-controlled robot using a
low-cost Bluetooth module (Figure 1-2).

Figure 1-1 A remote-control app

Figure 1-2 A Bluetooth robot

Arduino boards are very popular microcontroller boards that have a number of advantages, not the
least of which are:

They are easy to program, and can be programmed from a Mac, Windows, or Linux computer.
Many shields just plug into the top of the Arduino board.
They are not expensive.