Teleoperation of unmanned ground vehicle

1. A computerized method for controlling an unmanned vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by a smart phone, a request to control the unmanned vehicle;

establishing, by the smart phone, wireless communication between the smart phone and the unmanned vehicle;

receiving, by the smart phone, a video stream generated by the unmanned vehicle;

displaying the video stream and vehicle controls on a touch-sensitive display screen within the smart phone;

manipulating the vehicle controls to direct the unmanned vehicle;

transmitting, by the smart phone, an initiation request via a cable to a rf transmitter;

transmitting, by the rf transmitter, the initiation request to the unmanned vehicle;

receiving, by the rf transmitter, a message from the unmanned vehicle; and

transmitting, by the rf transmitter, the message from the unmanned vehicle to the smart phone via the cable to the smart phone.

2. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the smart phone, information to direct the unmanned vehicle;

converting, by the smart phone, the information into a protocol recognizable by the unmanned vehicle; and

transmitting, by the smart phone, the converted information to the unmanned vehicle.

3. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising establishing communication with the unmanned vehicle via a wireless local area network.

4. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a joystick for governing the acceleration, deceleration, and direction of travel of the unmanned vehicle.

5. The computerized method of claim 4 , further comprising providing a controller to govern movement of one or more robot arms of the unmanned ground vehicle.

6. The computerized method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a control to set a maximum speed of the unmanned vehicle.

7. A computerized method for controlling an unmanned vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by a smart phone, a request to control the unmanned vehicle;

establishing, by the smart phone, wireless communication between the smart phone and the unmanned vehicle;

receiving, by the smart phone, a video stream generated by the unmanned vehicle;

displaying the video stream and vehicle controls on a touch-sensitive display screen within the smart phone;

manipulating the vehicle controls to direct the unmanned vehicle; and

providing a control to store a frame of the video stream as a picture on the smart phone.

8. A computerized method for controlling an unmanned vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by a smart phone, a request to control the unmanned vehicle;

establishing, by the smart phone, wireless communication between the smart phone and the unmanned vehicle;

receiving, by the smart phone, a video stream generated by the unmanned vehicle;

displaying the video stream and vehicle controls on a touch-sensitive display screen within the smart phone;

manipulating the vehicle controls to direct the unmanned vehicle; and

providing a control to command one or more cameras on the unmanned vehicle to zoom in or out.

9. A computerized method for controlling an unmanned vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by a smart phone, a request to control the unmanned vehicle;

establishing, by the smart phone, wireless communication between the smart phone and the unmanned vehicle;

receiving, by the smart phone, a video stream generated by the unmanned vehicle;

displaying the video stream and vehicle controls on a touch-sensitive display screen within the smart phone;

manipulating the vehicle controls to direct the unmanned vehicle; and

providing one or more controls to command the unmanned vehicle to one or more predetermined poses.

10. The computerized method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying the controls and a geographic map on the display screen within the smart phone.

11. The computerized method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying one or more arrows, the video stream, and the controls on the display within the smart phone, wherein the one or more arrows indicate a heading for the unmanned vehicle such that the unmanned vehicle can reach a specified location.

12. The computerized method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving information to rotate the unmanned vehicle.

13. The computerized method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving information to move a robotic arm on the vehicle.

14. A computerized method for controlling an unmanned vehicle, comprising:

receiving, by a smart phone, a request to control the unmanned vehicle;

establishing, by the smart phone, wireless communication between the smart phone and the unmanned vehicle;

receiving, by the smart phone, a video stream generated by the unmanned vehicle;

displaying the video stream and vehicle controls on a touch-sensitive display screen within the smart phone;

manipulating the vehicle controls to direct the unmanned vehicle;

receiving, by the smart phone, information of objects within a distance of the unmanned vehicle; and

displaying, on the smart phone, the unmanned vehicle with the objects positioned relative to the unmanned vehicle based the information.

15. A computerized method for controlling a plurality of unmanned vehicles, comprising:

receiving, by a smart phone, a request to control the unmanned vehicles;

establishing, by the smart phone, wireless communication between the smart phone and each of the unmanned vehicles;

receiving, by the smart phone, a video stream from each of the unmanned vehicles;

selecting, by the smart phone, one of the plurality of unmanned vehicles;

displaying the video stream and vehicle controls of the selected vehicle on a display screen within the smart phone;

manipulating the displayed vehicle controls to direct the selected unmanned vehicle; and

displaying controls that correspond to the particular unmanned vehicle from which the video stream is received.

16. The computerized method of claim 15 , wherein establishing a wireless communication further comprises transmitting, by the smart phone, a signal to each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles, such that the signal changes to a protocol of the particular unmanned vehicle the signal is transmitting to.

17. A computerized method for controlling a plurality of unmanned vehicles, comprising:

receiving, by a smart phone, a request to control the unmanned vehicles;

establishing, by the smart phone, wireless communication between the smart phone and each of the unmanned vehicles;

receiving, by the smart phone, a video stream from each of the unmanned vehicles;

selecting, by the smart phone, one of the plurality of unmanned vehicles;

displaying the video stream and vehicle controls of the selected vehicle on a display screen within the smart phone;

manipulating the displayed vehicle controls to direct the selected unmanned vehicle; and

toggling between displaying the video stream and controls of each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles based on operator input.

18. A computerized method for controlling a plurality of unmanned vehicles, comprising:

receiving, by a smart phone, a request to control the unmanned vehicles;

establishing, by the smart phone, wireless communication between the smart phone and each of the unmanned vehicles;

receiving, by the smart phone, a video stream from each of the unmanned vehicles;

selecting, by the smart phone, one of the plurality of unmanned vehicles;

displaying the video stream and vehicle controls of the selected vehicle on a display screen within the smart phone;

manipulating the displayed vehicle controls to direct the selected unmanned vehicle; and

selecting, by the smart phone, two of the plurality of the unmanned vehicles; and

displaying the video stream and controls of the two selected vehicles on a display screen within the smart phone; and

manipulating the displayed controls to direct the two selected unmanned vehicles.