Tod Kurt
About: Tod E. Kurt is author of "Hacking Roomba" and a founder of ThingM, a device studio focused on ubiquitous computing and materials science to create unique objects and experiences for people.
Robots: Hack a Roomba
Give a Roomba a new brain. Control it from a PC. Teach it to sing, dance, and make art. Watch the sinisterly cute Cylon Roomba!
The book Hacking Roomba is the comprehensive guide to how to "reversibly hack" a Roomba: no hack voids the warranty of the Roomba, yet it can be a fully-fledged robotics platform. The book describes how to:
* Build a serial interface tether
* Set up a Bluetooth® interface
* Drive Roomba
* Play with sensors
* Make it sing
* Create a Roomba painter
* Use your Roomba as a mouse
* Connect Roomba to the Net
* Wi-Fi your Roomba
* Replace Roomba’s brain
* Build the RoombaRoach
* Install Roomba-cam
* Put Linux® on Roomba
Blog Posts
iRobot Create Robot Review
--I did a quick review of the iRobot Create, iRobot’s robotics hacking-oriented robot that is basically a Roomba in disguise.
Roomba Hacking at Maker Faire
--Come see many of the Roomba hacks on this site and in the book! Roombas will be singing, dancing, making art and generally making a nuisance of th...
JWZ in the future with Roombas
--My favorite snarky hacker / dotcom millionaire / nightclub owner Jamie Zawinkski has a Roomba and recently had some problems with it. But everythi...
Roomba + Wii + Perl
--As reported on Slashdot, a hacker named Chris Hughes has used the Roomba Tilt code from this site and the DarwiinRemote software to make a Wiimote ...
Roombas Go Caroling
--The Roomba family was out caroling. They stopped by and sang a few songs. I caught a few on tape. I think they were a little tipsy on mulled 30W ...
Roomba Tilt Control with MacBook & Perl
--If you’ve got a MacBook and a Roomba, try out this way of using the MacBook’s built-in tilt sensors and Perl to control your Roomba (revver link) ...
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