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Mr.What
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Post Roving Robot
on: November 29, 2011, 07:20
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We are looking into mounting my old EEE-pc with a cracked screen to a roomba. I'm going to try to archive resources and progress here
Mr.What
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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: November 29, 2011, 07:22
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http://sonof.bandit.name/files/morestuff/irobot_project.zip

http://www.irobot.com/images/consumer/hacker/Roomba_SCI_Spec_Manual.pdf

http://www.dprg.org/projects/2009-07a/

http://hackingroomba.com/
adric
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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: November 29, 2011, 10:15
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Roomba Hacking Ebook PDF, here. its an older edition, but handy.

http://ppl.ug/uQTeKiYIPW4/

-Quelab, Come make something!

adric
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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: November 29, 2011, 10:19
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Parts we have on hand for this project,
3 maybe 4 bad battery packs (can be combined to build one or two good ones)
3 Roombas, 2 discovery models(one may have a bad wheel motor or sensors), one older.
1 irobot usb interface cable
1 eeepc laptop
3 or 4 invisible wall units
2 chargers
1 charging docking bay

-Quelab, Come make something!

Mr.What
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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: December 18, 2011, 15:26
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I started collecting roomba resources at /data/roomba on the middle-room computer (currently k9). Feel free to alter privileges as necessary to write/update certain files. We can make a roomba group if necessary, but most of us interested in this have admin privileges anyway.
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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: December 18, 2011, 15:51
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The older roomba appears to be a first generation, without the open interface. I think they are often hacked, but generally by replacing their brain with an Arduino, or similar. The Discovery models are 3rd generation and have the ROI
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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: December 19, 2011, 22:58
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Lets work with the two discoveries we have, Im thinking the next step is to get the netbook up and loaded with something with wifiand ssh (and perhaps apache)

poke the battery packs, until we have something we can recharge onboard.

then perhaps lighten the load and leave more upgrade options by removing the vac systems.

-Quelab, Come make something!

indrora
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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: December 27, 2011, 06:57
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Here's a Python interface for the Roomba: http://code.google.com/p/pyrobot/

I also have one of the Green Sticks, which is nothing more than an AVR board with some iRobot applicable stuff -- including 4 hackable DB9's -- we could probably get the Arduino libraries running on it if we were really clever -- Firmata, anyone?
adric
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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: December 27, 2011, 11:36
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Python may be good, ultimately, whatever we setup should go through a web interface on the eeepc strapped/wired to the roomba. that way one can remotely drive it, and see through the webcam. perhaps VOIP through the speakers/microphone.

-Quelab, Come make something!

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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: January 7, 2012, 07:34
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battery pack refill:
http://www.all-battery.com/144v3800mahnimhbatterypackforirobotvacuumcleaner-roomba4905.aspx?zmam=55942680&zmas=1&zmac=1&zmap=11700
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Post Skype Account
on: February 9, 2012, 09:15
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I'd like to set up a skype account for the roving robot. I think I'll need an e-mail address. Which one should I use? Do we have some sort of lab gmail address I can use? Should we create a new address for the robot?
adric
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Post Re: Roving Robot
on: February 10, 2012, 15:31
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we could use the gmail account que.board but that forwards to board@

so depending on how spammed it gets that may be annoying, gmail supports all sorts of special forward/filter rules, so it might work

or we could setup a @quelab.net mail alias to deliver anywhere we need it to go.

-Quelab, Come make something!

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