Controlling A rc Helicopter With Voice

[Tanjero]

I want to control a rc helicopter with voice any e books or web pages??

Or, is there anyone can help me here pls :??

[Carel]

yes, google for "liability insurance"

Carel

[Tanjero]

Originally Posted by Carel yes, google for "liability insurance" Carel

I think it to fly in a small place like in home

Thanks, another advices ??

[Bloy2004]

better consider "life" insurance also... :

[paulC]

Don't think it would be possible on any hobby budget.
The number of changes that are needed to keep the helicopter in flight are too many for you to be able to control by voice alone.
You would have to have a form of autopilot to keep the machine steady and then pass your commands to the autopilot.
If you get this working you could proberbly make millions as model helicopters are basically the same as the real thing.
And the Insurance would be essential as I would expect more crashes than sucesses.
Paul

[Bloy2004]

You might be able to write a multi-part song to preprogram the flight. Each voice(or tone) could be controlling each aspect of the control system. Don't know if it would be good music to listen to though...
hmmmm..... I wonder what the bass would be syncronized to control....maybe the throttle?

[Switcher]

I think this would be a very interesting project. When I started reading this post, it got me thinking about my cell phone, sure it's a cheap Samsung from Verizon, but one thing it does have is voice activated dialing.

So, since it has voice activated dialing (I believe VoiceXML), all it is doing is reading a phone number that I pre-programmed into it myself. Now I'm no wiz at hacking cell phones, but what I was thinking is what If you could get two old cell phones, wire one up to the RC (Receive), and use the other to send your commands to the RC (Transmit).
You don't want to use any cell provider (I'm not suggesting you do so). I'm talking about I guess a 2-way radio.

Now unless your into electronics (Big time) and writing your own programs, none of this really matters.

I did a lot of searching on Google about a year ago for a way to hook up a remote starter on me truck, that could be turned on/off by sending a SMS message with my cell-phone (Never got past the Google stage) anyway, I came across an interesting web page:

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http://www.riccibitti.com/tinyplanet/tiny_article.htm
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I believe that VoiceXML is your best bet, for this project. Just keep in mind that you (and Google) will be the one that makes it happen, unless you have plenty of $$$.


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More Links:

http://www.voicexml.org/

http://www.wirelessdevnet.com/devzones/

https://studio.tellme.com/library2/code/



I think this could be done, to save money on crashes (Heli), just focus on getting some small servos to move on voice command, then make the servos control a joystick, and last control the Heli.

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[moyesboy]

controling a heli with voice would be difficult, becuase the controlls interact meaning that you must constantly apply more than one control at once.
The heli would need to be loaded with gyro based controls to be self stable before anyt such system could be applied.

Look for FMA co-pilot which is a stabilising system used on helis. Beginners try this but the downside is that using this you don't actually learn to control the heli for real!

You can hook up to a realistic sim such as reflex XTR (currently the best) or the free FMS sim to try anything you come up with. These sims accept input from the buddy lead connection of an RC transmitter.

However if you are trying to come up with a way for someone who can speak, but is otherwise handicapped, to fly an RC heli then you would be better to design a conventional control system operated by blow/suck/mouth/tongue movements.

[Carel]

It is possible that I am extremely conservative, but to start with a voice controlled LED would be a better start than going airborne indoor. It's a double complex DIY job and the number of comic situations is endless. Passing car honks, heli through the windows outside, kettle boils, heli in the TV-set.

Carel

[vacpress]

there is alot of info about this on the internet. it depends ALOT on what sort of helicopter you will use..

have you purchased a airframe allready? if not, you could look at that neat 4-motor one with simplified controls. that would be MUCH easier to design an autopilot for than a regular 5 or 6 chanel heli..

Also, if you are trying to autopilot anything, being an absolutely expert manual pilot should be considered a first step. for sure..

[Jkier]

For a base hobby project, the little "wild wheels" heli would be a good start. These are easy to hover and move slowly in forward and reverse. Plus they're around $40

I've got three sitting at my office desk just waiting for some free time

[vacpress]

i dunno. putting the electronics required for basic autopilot in a 'minirc' indoor heli may be a huge challenge... you need a gyroscope, a compass, servo mixing, tx\rx, uP, etc... a grad-school level EE project, for sure. I couldnt even begin to do this.. Although I have read a feww pages about this.. It is still an enormous project. Very easy to define, very difficult to actually pull off..