C4 Surveillance Robot

The C4 Surveillance Robot was first constructed in 2001 by Mike Riley and Bill Koch. The original system used an X10 camera mounted on the front to send video back to the control point. Cory Fowler recently upgraded the camera system to a smaller 2.4GHz wireless camera. He designed a servo bracket that allows the camera to tilt and programmed the onboard control unit to move the camera by using a joy stick at the operators console. Panning is done by rotating the robot. Cory also replaced the two IFI motor control units with a smaller single unit that is still capable of handling the current of the 6 drive motors.

The robot is controlled by an IFI robot control system. This is the same system the C4 Battlebot IQ teams use to control their robots. The controller is a 900 MHz radio control system. It is controlled from an operators console and robot operators use two joy sticks, one for driving and one for control of the camera. It was originally designed as an instructional tool to teach students how to wire, program and drive a remote controlled robot. It is now being put into service as a "Track Cam" for XMOD races.