A Roomba that doesn't vacuum
I am the excitedly proud new owner of a iRobot Create, basically a Roomba with the vaccuum parts ripped out and an attachment to let you program it in C or C++. So, first, I've got to go in to my office tomorrow and retrieve my copy of Kernighan & Ritchie. There's also a guide to WinAVR (the robot's development toolset for C/C++ programs) over at SourceForge that seems pretty good. Though - damn - I haven't had to deal with makefiles in forever...
Woooooo! Robots!!!!!!!
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So what can you do with this robot?
Posted by: Neal | January 30, 2007 11:43 AM
I'm still just starting to play with it, but it has the standard Roomba sensors and motion abilities, so you can program in various navigational programs. There are also a bunch of extensions you can get to enable things like IR sensing/communication. I'm guessing they are going to continue to add on to it over time.
Posted by: Amanda | January 30, 2007 4:11 PM