Hacking Roomba: ExtremeTech
The jetsons would be proudA gizmo as cool as Roomba just begs to be hacked. Now, with this book and the official ROI specification furnished by iRobot®, you can become the robotic engineer you dreamed of being when you were 10. Build a Bluetooth interface for your Roomba. Turn it into an artist. Install Linux on it and give it a new brain. Some hacks are functional, others are purely fun. All of them let you play with robotics, and not one will void your warranty. You could say it's a clean sweep.Fun ways to work the RoombaAll this — and it will still clean your floor!Build a serial interface tetherSet up a Bluetooth® interfaceDrive RoombaPlay with sensorsMake it singCreate a Roomba artistUse your Roomba as a mouseConnect Roomba to the NetWi-Fi your RoombaReplace Roomba's brainInstall Roomba-camPut Linux® on RoombaCompanion Web siteGet the official iRobot Roomba Open Interface (ROI) specification and all code presented in the book in ready-to-run form at www.wiley.com/go/extremetech