I’m surprised they didn’t go for more of a wide-mouth D bot design like the old neatos did. And a pi5 is hardly affordable in 2026. If it’s local only, does it really need the processing power of a pi? It’ll be on a home network with something running homeassistant anyway. Give it a dumb controller and make it like a wireless klipper bot, the heavy lifting done on the server.
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They do mention it is undecided yet and an esp32 is an option. For me that would be ideal but I can also imagine some devs just want some kind of linux where they can run python scripts on.
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Ooh, this might be a great project for my wife and I to build together
I can't even get my wife to build a Lego set with me 🤣
I've got to share time on the 3d printer now she's got the hang of it, we don't have room for 2. But it's still great to see!
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... oomwoo?
Sorry, I need to look this up on Squeam.
Hey, on Mreesh, somebody said its a scam!
... But then LikkiiLiikkii says its legit.
Hrm, I wonder what Gronk thinks...
About the name: “oomwoo” is a rotational ambigram — it reads the same flipped 180°, just like the robot itself roaming your floor in every direction.
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I love this! I'll be following along :)
The game changer in robot vacs for me was the emptying station. My first one didn't have it and it just sat in the corner. Full.
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the robot vac i have had for 3 years is the dumbest machine. goes over the same areas multiple times a session. has a manual steer setting but if i gotta steer it, whats the point of robotics? finally gave up and got a dust mop.
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If I have an old Roomba can I hack a new brain into it? I've got a Raspberry Pi and a soldering iron and a willingness to break them for science. Never done much hardware hacking though.
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Awesome project! I would love to buy some robovacs, but I don't want some unknown entitity mapping our home and whatnot. Our maid would love it too. Being done earlier for the same pay 😁
I've been interested in Kärcher since it's German and has better privacy laws than the US branded stuff. But this would be interesting. The Kärcher though is on sale for $400USD on their site, tough to beat. 🤕
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with a name like that, I really hope that it has a boot-up sound option where it makes an awoo boot noise.