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October 12, 2004
Introducing the RoombaCam
Susanne and I returned home from Montreal around 8am this morning. Since our cats didn't know how to operate our Roomba robot vacuum during our absence, we needed to send our friendly vacbot for a tour of duty.
While the Roomba was making its rounds, I unpacked a few things from our trip, including my digital camera. I noticed our cats taking a greater interest in the Roomba than they usually do, so I decided to put my digital camera on top of the Roomba to see if I could make a little Web video from the Roomba's point of view. The first two attempts didn't work too well, as the bumper-car manouvers of the Roomba shook it loose very quickly. But a few strips of masking tape later, I managed to turn my little robovac into an cinematographer.
The video file is large - about 20 megs - but it's worth a look if you're curious about the Roomba, particularly in terms of how well it plays with cats, furniture, feet, and other things that get in its way....
Posted by acarvin at October 12, 2004 8:30 AM
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