Mine are named Trouble (S9+) and Mayhem (m6). They're dressed in vinyl wraps to be less boring.
Roomba since 2004.
He's always been called "James" (as if he's our butler)
Roombas at the end of the world
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Verring off topic... Can I run a Roomba whilst preventing it calling home? Is there a setting for that or would I have to configure firewall rules?
Not completely. If it's one that does mapping, that's all stored on the cloud. You can prevent some of the telemetry with a pi hole, but be aware that every run will end with a notification of "communication error" when the Roomba tries to report on you
I run a ~5 year old Roomba, that I just never connected to anything. I control it via the physical buttons and it works just fine. Is that not an option anymore on newer models?
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not completely. If it's one that does mapping, that's all stored on the cloud. You can prevent some of the telemetry with a pi hole, but be aware that every run will end with a notification of "communication error" when the Roomba tries to report on you
Is there a maker of privacy respecting robot vacuum cleaners that you know of?
Not a maker exactly, but there is an open source hobbyist software project for certain brands of robot vacuum: https://valetudo.cloud
It lets you run them without any cloud connectivity or forced updates.
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I call mine Cletus , because it ain't the smartest tool in the shed. At least once every run I have to kick it out from under it's nemesis...my living room chair. Where it has been bumping into the legs for 20m.
As a slack-jawed yokel, I feel personally attacked.
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Re: Roombas at the end of the world
#35Mine are named Trouble (S9+) and Mayhem (m6). They're dressed in vinyl wraps to be less boring.
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#36Mine are named Trouble (S9+) and Mayhem (m6). They're dressed in vinyl wraps to be less boring.
I call mine Cletus , because it ain't the smartest tool in the shed. At least once every run I have to kick it out from under it's nemesis...my living room chair. Where it has been bumping into the legs for 20m.
The LiDAR mapping ones make all the difference.
Our random mapping one was such a frustrating piece of garbage it was just thrown into the closet after a few weeks. My Wyze lidar one is amazing - you can even just yank it off the floor, set it somewhere else, and when you resume it’ll go right back to where it left off and continue.
I know it uploads the generated map to the cloud, but I don’t really care because it keeps my upstairs clean without me lifting a finger.
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#37Mine are named Trouble (S9+) and Mayhem (m6). They're dressed in vinyl wraps to be less boring.
Mine is named... whatever my 4yo daughter insists on calling it this month. I was completely surprised to see the robot vacuum get more affection from my kids than all their toys, and even our cat.
Years ago, my daughter named our Roomba "Puck" because it looks like a giant hockey puck. I liked the double-meaning of it also being the name of the European trickster-fairy (aka "Robin Goodfellow") and so have stuck with it.
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#38Mine are named Trouble (S9+) and Mayhem (m6). They're dressed in vinyl wraps to be less boring.
Mine is named Rooby (j7+). Quite good for German Shepherd hair.
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#39Mine are named Trouble (S9+) and Mayhem (m6). They're dressed in vinyl wraps to be less boring.
Mine is named... whatever my 4yo daughter insists on calling it this month. I was completely surprised to see the robot vacuum get more affection from my kids than all their toys, and even our cat.
Our 4y/o named ours Circle Cat
Re: Roombas at the end of the world
#40We're going to get roombas with full AI at some point aren't we. Clean when people are away and pets when they are home.
I don't think this requires AI. Just monitor when the phones are connected to the wifi.
The Roomba app already does this (supposedly. it's part of the initialization. I haven't used it though. Still trying to get our Roomba to not run out of battery before going back to the home base then needing a factory reset to connect to the wifi again. They have some kinks)