Roomba + Tablet PC = ?

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday February 29, 2004 @04:52AM from the because-you-can dept.

ptorrone writes "Using "off the shelf parts" I have constructed another pretty good mobile robot for my home. A Tablet PC is the brain and the Roomba robot vac is the locomotion. I'm currently working on sending the IR commands from the pc to the Roomba and having the robot "do a tour" and post photos / video automatically to the "roblog" (my robot photo blog). So yah, the Tablet PC sucks ;-]"

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Just pics on that site? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-29 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny

This shouldn't get posted until there are detailed instructions on how to build :)
lots of graphics... by chrisopherpace · 2004-02-29 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny

hope that robot can double as a webserver!

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What? by mlerner · 2004-02-29 04:54 · Score: 0, Funny

"So yah, the Tablet PC sucks ;-]" No way the tablet pc is cool, well ok it has a slow processor but it's kinda cool.
I for one... by ixplodestuff8 · 2004-02-29 04:55 · Score: 5, Funny

I for one Welcome our new unstable likely to crash and overated tablet overlords
good to know by BobTheLawyer · 2004-02-29 05:00 · Score: 5, Funny

finally someone's discovered a use for a Tablet PC
1. Re:good to know by Coulson · 2004-02-29 07:08 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I'm writing "ha, ha" on my tablet input area.
  
  No really, I am.
Re:Function? by moonbender · 2004-02-29 05:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Function? It's a computer that can see and move. That is its function. If you need more than that, Slashdot might not be the best page to view. ;)

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artical title looks like ... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-29 05:01 · Score: 3, Funny

1. Roomba
2. Tablet PC
3. ???
4. Profit!
1. Re:artical title looks like ... by AgentAce · 2004-02-29 06:23 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  1. ACs list things that end in profit
  2. stupid lists get old after the 5000th thread
  3. )(*&!@#)(*%&%^)*(
  4. STFU
Widescreen HDTV by Aliencow · 2004-02-29 05:01 · Score: 4, Funny

Maybe with a wide 50inch plasma HDTV you could have it walk around with an animation of a human on it...kind of like in that crappy time travel movie with the guy in the library.. Then some porn company would probably buy you out..
it's the long lost brother of... by caino59 · 2004-02-29 05:02 · Score: 4, Funny

johnny dep!
1. Re:it's the long lost brother of... by Micro$will · 2004-02-29 05:20 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  And he's always serious . That's so cool.
2. Re:it's the long lost brother of... by Rolo+Tomasi · 2004-02-29 05:58 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Ah, the touching tale of two brothers, one of which would become a famous movie star, while the other would go on to become a technophile pimp, building robots and surfing the web in his pimp outfit and purple hat. I would totally see that movie.
  Well, maybe not.
  
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3. Re:it's the long lost brother of... by evilmango · 2004-02-29 06:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  He also has some kind of a inverse homer simpson beard thing going on.
4. Re:it's the long lost brother of... by breon.halling · 2004-02-29 06:47 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Not Depp! Five!
  
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Re:Function? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-29 05:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Easy. Clippy says: It looks like you're trying to build a collection of home made porn. Would you like me to use my webcam to peek under skirts?
Roomba + Tablet PC = ? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-29 05:07 · Score: 5, Funny

A device that simultaneously sucks and blows.
great! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-29 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

i've always wanted to find a way to scare my cat, take pictures of it, and clean my room all at the same time.

anybody else think he looks kind of like the killer boyfriend in scream 1?
1. Re:great! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-29 05:25 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  "anybody else think he looks kind of like the killer boyfriend in scream 1?"
  
  thanks for ruining the plot for me. how bout a spoiler warning next time??!
Home Security Roomba! by Dark+Lord+Seth · 2004-02-29 05:08 · Score: 3, Funny

Just add this to it!

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I'm sorry Dave by Digitus1337 · 2004-02-29 05:12 · Score: 4, Funny

Open the screen door HAL. HAL, do you read me HAL? Open the screen door.
Are you crazy ? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-29 05:14 · Score: 5, Funny

the sticker quite clearly says, its designed for Windows(TM) not floors !
Re:cost by koreth · 2004-02-29 05:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, heaven forbid someone should spend $2000 on a hobby. What a moron.
I'm sorry, can't help it... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · 2004-02-29 06:37 · Score: 1, Funny

I don't know about this Roomba, but IIRC most vacuum cleaners generate a pretty powerful magnetic field. Might not be the best thing to strap a Tablet PC to...
That's a good, but disproven point. My box is sitting right next to where I keep the vacume and other odds and ends, and I have no problems. Even when I turn the vacume on, like right now, there is no interuPT3@$^@%ATH0H0++[NO CARRIER]
The pics on the guy's site by colmore · 2004-02-29 11:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Not enough info to tell if his robot is something special or not. But I can say this guy is trying waaaaay too hard to look like Johnny Depp. Nice hat.

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