This first robot I made is the usual track-the-ball robot. I wanted to see how well the software's color detection and tracking worked, and I was very satisfied with the result. Although the surroundings need to be controlled (to keep other objects of the same color out), the software does a great job tracking objects. One disadvantage that is very noticeable in this robot, however, is that the Bluetooth communication takes a little while, so the robot doesn't have very good "reaction time". Hence, I had to make it turn slowly so it wouldn't go past the ball before recieving the command to stop.
The below video first shows the robot following the ball from side to side, and then shows it following the ball forwards and backwards. I had some trouble getting it to do both at the same time, and didn't want to take the time to figure it out. :P
For the second robot, I made a "paper-thin" remote control. Basically, I got a piece of paper with four differently colored squares on it. When you put your hand over one of the squares, the robot will react to the command by either moving forward, backward, spinning left, or spinning right, depending on which square was covered. A camera makes this possible by watching the paper from overhead and detecting when a square is covered up. Here's a video of it in action:-Jonathan