Internet Controlled Remote Car

Construction of a remote controlled car

Goal

We were tasked with creating a smart toy car for children to use while their parents shopped in the mall.
Our goal was to design a car with safety-focused smart features to make it worry-free for parents while keeping it fun for kids.

Car with outside panels

Ergonomic controller Design

Our Solution

Our smart car included:

• Collision detection and avoidance
• Anti-fall sensors to prevent falling off stairs
• Built-in music player controlled by the child
• Remote control over the internet for parents
• Automatic alerts notifying parents if the child leaves the seat

For our prototype, we used an Xbox controller connected to a computer running a web interface to simulate remote control.

The car without outside panels

Used Xbox controller

My role

I was responsible for:

• Software and hardware integration
• Ensuring all components worked together, Integration Engineer
• Implementing MCU programming, sensor integration, and web-based control system

Looking back

This was one of my most enjoyable university projects.
I learned a lot by:

• Stripping a remote-controlled car and adding custom sensors, an MCU, and speakers
• Hacking into the control system for internet-based control
• Developing a webpage to read input from an Xbox controller

This project solidified my interest in software-hardware product development.

Report

Here you can download the report that was written: Download Report

Time

• First year, 4th module