Hacking Roomba

Tod E. Kurt - Collection ExtremeTech

450 pages, parution le 04/12/2006

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Résumé

The Jetsons would be proud!

A gizmo as cool as Roomba just begs to be hacked. Now, with this book and the official ROI specification furnished by iRobot, you can become the robotic engineer you've always dreamed of being. Build a Bluetooth interface for your Roomba. Turn it into an artist. Install Linux on it and give it a new brain. Some hacks are functional, others are purely fun. All of them let you play with robotics, and not one will void your warranty.

Build a serial interface tether.
Set up a Bluetooth interface.
Drive Roomba.
Play with sensors.
Make it sing.
Create a Roomba artist.
Use your Roomba as a mouse.
Connect Roomba to the Net.
Wi-Fi your Roomba.
Replace Roomba's brain.
Install Roomba-cam.
Put Linux on Roomba.
Features a companion Web site.

All this and it will still clean your floor!

Sommaire

Interfacing
- Getting Started with Roomba3
- Interfacing Basics
- Building a Roomba Serial Interface Tether
- Building a Roomba Bluetooth Interface
- Driving Roomba
- Reading the Roomba Sensors
Fun Things to Do
- Making RoombaView
- Making Roomba Sing
- Creating Art with Roomba
- Using Roomba as an Input Device
More Complex Interfacing
- Connecting Roomba to the Internet
- Going Wireless with Wi-Fi
- Giving Roomba a New Brain and Senses
- Putting Linux on Roomba
- RoombaCam: Adding Eyes to Roomba
- Other Projects
Appendix A: Soldering and Safety Basics
Appendix B: Electrical Diagram Schematics
Appendix C: iRobot Roomba Open Interface (ROI) Specification

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Tod E. Kurt
Collection	ExtremeTech
Parution	04/12/2006
Nb. de pages	450
Format	19 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	635g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470072714
ISBN13	978-0-470-07271-4