speech-controlled Arduino rover.

Materials
y y y y y y y y y y y A DFRobotShop Rover kit. It constitutes the robot to be controlled. A VRbot speech recognition module. It processes the speech and identifies the commands. Two Xbee RF communication modules. They create a wireless link between the speech recognition engine and the robot. An Arduino Uno. Controls the speech recognition module. An IO expansion shield. Allows to connect the Xbee module to the DFRobotShop Rover An Xbee shield. Allows to connect an Xbee module to the Arduino Uno. Male headers. They are required by the Xbee shield. A barrel jack to 9V battery adaptor. Allows to power the Arduino Uno trough a 9V battery. An LED. It is not required since the IO expansion shield already has one but it can provide a more visible activity feedback. An audio jack. It will be used to connect the microphone. This is optional A headset or a microphone (a microphone is included with the speech recognition module).

Tools
y y A Wire Cutter. It will be used to cut the leads off components. A Soldering Iron. In order to solder all the (many) connections, a soldering station might be preferable since it provides steady and reliable temperature control that allows for easier and safer soldering (you have less risk of burning the components if the temperature is set correctly). A Third Hand. This is not absolutely required, but it is always useful for holding components and parts when soldering. A Hot-glue gun in order to stick the components together. A computer . It programs the DFRobotShop Rover and the Arduino Uno using the Arduino IDE.

y y y

Putting it Together
1. Assemble the DFRobotShop Rover and mount the IO expansion shield, an Xbee Module and the LED. Se the picture above or the video for further information. 2. Solder the headers onto the Xbee shield. Also solder four headers on the prototyping area as shown below. Do not like soldering? Then keep reading since there is no-solder-required version of the project.

3.Connect the four headers to the corresponding pins as shown below.

4. As shown above , you can also mount the headphone jack and use the cable included with the microphone inorder to connect it to the Vrbot module microphone input. 5.put the shield onto the aurdino and connect the battery.