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Roomba Pac-Man
I suppose the system above has some real world application, but we don’t care about that. Watch as a Roomba turned into Pac-Man gets chased by the fully autonomous Inky, Pinky, Blinky, and Clyde. For more info check out the project website Pac-Man Roomba. Link via (Engadget)
Roomba Patent Reveals It Will Empty Itself
Robot Stock News has unveiled another patent from iRobot. There are more than a dozen different designs in the patent application. All of them are designed so you don’t have to clean out your Roomba. Some designs would require some modifications to the Roomba, while some would work with existing Roomba models. Would you shell [...]
iRobot Patents Square End Roomba
In 2008, iRobot filed a patent for a square ended Roomba. The patent was just discovered by Robot Stock News. In the patent application, the robot’s brushes would be as flush with the front of the robot. Currently they are in the middle. We can certainly see how this type of robot might clean better [...]
Roomba Path
A long exposure reveals the Roomba’s true hidden nature, which is to vacuum every spot on your floor. The photo looks like some kind of strange glowing transit map. For more fun with your Roomba, check out the book Hacking Roomba. Link via (BoingBoing)