Roomba
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A Roomba is an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner made by the company iRobot, and was first introduced in September 2002. Roombas have a set of sensors which help them navigate the floor area of a home
Original Roomba from 2002
700 series model upside down, showing the two driving wheels, beater brushes, various sensors and other parts
Long exposure photo showing path taken by a Roomba as it cleans
Roomba 530 on a charging station, which is plugged into a wall outlet
IRobot Create
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iRobot Create is a hobbyist robot manufactured by iRobot that was introduced in 2007 and based on their Roomba vacuum cleaning platform. The iRobot Create is explicitly designed for robotics developme
Roomba
…programmers and roboticists to create their own enhancements. In response to the growing interest of hackers in their product, the company developed the iRobot Create. In this model, the vacuum cleaner motor is replaced by a "cargo bay" for mounting devices like TV cameras, lasers and other robotic parts. It provides…
an unmodified iRobot Create with Command Module (small green attachment).
A team of iRobot Create robots at the Human-Automation Systems Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology.
iRobot Create with mounted camera and single-board computer