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Roomba + Tablet PC = ?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. Re:Infa-Red? by duffbeer703 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    He probally bought a tablet PC, figuring that he would organize his life and be able to run faster and jump higher.

    Then he found that he never used it. Plus, it's hard to run with a pocketpc in your pocket.

    Same thing with the roomba. Sure, it looks cool... but its just plain easier and quicker to use a real vacuum.

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