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Monday, August 13, 2012

Roomba 4000 Series Teardown - HACK A WEEK

I still want a Roomba to Clean my Floors for me! But, this sound like fun too:)

Don

Roomba 4000 Series Teardown

The iRobot Roomba is a great robotic device for hardware hackers and robot builders.
They can be found on Ebay for as little as $20 with and without batteries. The battery pack seems to be the main reason they get sold because most users just don’t want to bother replacing the battery, which costs about $45 on Ebay. Other items that cause problems are dirty wheel sensors, a seized cleaning brush motor and an occasional broken drive belt. Most of these problems aren’t a concern to hardware hackers.

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http://hackaweek.com/hacks/?p=862

Roomba 4000 Teardown (20 minutes)

Video Link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VsOUcEPVSkM


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