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Yeah, this looks like a store inside a mall. If they used one of their vacuums, it’d not be contained within the store since they just kinda drive around until they hit a wall or come to a ledge before changing directions.

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Drusas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
They can store maps so that they don't go out of a designated area.

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MrKoyun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
random roomba going around the entire floor of the mall vaccuming around

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wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Are there open-source alternatives, or any DIY projects?

I’ve seen 3D printer files for the case. What else do you need besides some wheels, some circuitry, a battery, some lidar or ultrasonic rangefinders, a microcontroller, and some code?

Doesn’t seem too difficult if you know how to solder and can find instructions. The hardest part would be programming it, but if the code already exists…

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- Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I found this: github.com/alvitawa/stofzuigerrobot
  but it’s a 7 years old unmantained project
  
  I also found out about oomwoo
  github.com/makerspet/oomwoo
  Some people say that it’s made with AI or smth so be aware (and it’s not even complete yet)
  
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  - wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I want one but with a frame like R2D2, and it will communicate through a series of beeps and boops. Maybe binary or ternary except the bits are determined by tonality, with modulation to express emotion. And maybe little extendible arms that can fix space ships and hack battle stations and zap enemies and
    
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