Hacking Roomba: ExtremeTech
Hacking Roomba: ExtremeTech
Wiley | ISBN:0470072717 | 456 pages | November 20, 2006 | PDF | 7 Mb
The Jetsons would be proud! A 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've always dreamed of being. 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.
* Build a serial interface tether.
* Set up a Bluetooth? interface.
* Drive Roomba.
* Play with sensors.
* Make it sing.
* Create a Roomba artist.
* Use your Roomba as a mouse.
* Connect Roomba to the Net.
* Wi-Fi your Roomba.
* Replace Roomba's brain.
* Install Roomba-cam.
* Put Linux? on Roomba.
* Features a companion Web site.
