I’m looking for a vacuum robot preferably under 500€ and with a cleaning station. My main concern is that most robot vacuum providers seem to need to be connected to the internet. Are there any providers that either don’t need that, where I can block the internet connection or any other way not getting a spy in my home? I’m fine with it if some work is needed
You could get one of the older models where they don’t connect to the internet and instead just bumble around bumping into stuff until the place is clean
I think your best option is to find a used one that supports valetudo
Thanks a lot, that pretty much what I was looking for
No problem; do note that in most cases you are going to need to open the vacuum to access the serial interface; so make sure you are comfortable with doing that and that you have the necessary adapters… That last one bit me on numerous projects
Damn, thats a pretty short list of supported models
The problem is that they are closed off systems; you need to do full on reverse engineering to even understand what you are dealing with; plus there is the fact that these appliances are expensive and, unlike people modding consoles, there isn’t mutch gained for the majority of users
“I’m looking for a privacy respecting vacuum robot” must be one of the most dystopian sentences I’ve read in quite some time.
I mean there is no lack of dystopian stuff going around these days. But if you imagine someone saying that 30 years ago, that someone would have conceivably ended up in a lunatic asylum. In 2024 however, it’s a perfectly valid and apropos question.
What a sad, sad world we live in…
“I’m looking for a privacy respecting vacuum robot” must be one of the most dystopian sentences I’ve read in quite some time.
I think this one is just as good:
Philips changes terms after the sale: requires data-sharing account to use a light bulb…
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR2j-r3pmng (Louis Rossman)
Check out valetudo https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo
This has got to be the most boring dystopia thing I’ve ever read (so far).
There’s a community for this. https://lemmy.world/c/aboringdystopia
Broom
Roomba is an anagram for “a broom”
I thought it was an anagram for “Robo Ma”
