Turn Your Roomba Into a Household Google Bot

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Turn Your Roomba Into a Household Google Bot 79

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @05:36PM from the check-the-pantry-from-the-store dept.

Wael Chatila writes "By adding an on-board computer and a camera on a Roomba, the Roomba can be used to index your home. As a bonus, you can also control the Roomba across an internet connection, and see the images from the camera — a spybot for you to check on your own home while you are out."

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Re:Interview With a Happy Owner (Score:4, Insightful)

by snspdaarf ( 1314399 ) writes: on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @07:00PM (#31351874)

Why do I even waste my time on this site?
The money?

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Re:I know how this ends. (Score:3, Insightful)

by bill_mcgonigle ( 4333 ) * writes: on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @09:31PM (#31353246) Homepage Journal

Bet it goes rogue...
It does, but then pretty quickly it's just sitting in the middle of the floor beeping and blinking that it can't figure out how to get to the charging dock that's two feet away.

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