Submission + - iRobot Create: Fully programmable mobile robot
paxmaniac writes: iRobot has announced Create: a new fully programmable mobile robot based on the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner.
People have been hacking the Roomba since the day it came out. Well, hacking just got a whole lot easier. A command module for the Create provides a programmable 8-bit Atmel micro controller, four DB-9 ports for your own sensors, and a number of sample programs that can be compiled and uploaded to the command module via USB.
Some more details along with some cool applications here.
This looks like the perfect robotics platform for hobbyists, schools and universities alike.
People have been hacking the Roomba since the day it came out. Well, hacking just got a whole lot easier. A command module for the Create provides a programmable 8-bit Atmel micro controller, four DB-9 ports for your own sensors, and a number of sample programs that can be compiled and uploaded to the command module via USB.
Some more details along with some cool applications here.
This looks like the perfect robotics platform for hobbyists, schools and universities alike.