On Thu, 2019-10-03 at 20:13 -0400, james wrote: > Gentoo community, > > Robotic vacuum cleaners are all the rage nowadays. > I'd like to buy/build one, that also has remote camera (so I can see > what troubles it is having by reviewing stored video) find it easy, > and > make sure it's not just banging against the wall. I'm not so > interested > in a slick, massively miniturized model, as much as I am > something where I can get to the firmware, or is completely open > sourced; so I can fix/enhance the thing. > If it's already done, then my searches have missed it, or a > community > work on such linux centric solutions to automating home/small-office > flooring. > > Anyone know of such a robotic vacuum that is basically very open, if > not > completely open source? > > Gentoo friendly vaccuum? > > > Lawnmower is next on the list. > > All suggestions and comments are most welcome. > > James >
I don't know of any current models that have open firmware, but a bunch of the older ones have a serial interface that you can attach to and send them commands. People used to tape a Pi or something and a camera to the top of them and then program them to do all sorts of things. I suspect that's still your best bet. Most of them don't have a lot of brains, just a simple response pattern that will eventually cover the whole room and maybe an IR homing system to let it find its dock again when the battery runs low. LMP
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