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Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum — Meet OOMWOO (makerspet.com)
submitted 2 months ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 170 points 2 months ago (10 children)

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  • [–] 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    3real5me...the amount of time and money needed to make even simple projects robust and truly usable, and not just a janky DIY job that needs to be used in just the right way or it's wonky is always more than you expect. No matter how many times you've been through the process.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I tend to consider first attempts/versions as Betas. Sometimes I will do the full alpha, beta, RC cycle

    Freedman has a pretty good video relating to this

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    Yeah, i mean, that's just how developing anything works, i think it shuld be something that people have to explain more when they introduce someone to the DIY world, if you expect to finish a product on the first iteration or the first few, you either gonna fail or you have set a low bar

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    I would actually be more interested in custom firmware for our old touch-and-go Roomba. The hardware is great, fully modular, did even survive a round of cat barf and washing. But the firmware is buggy and does inefficient vacuuming rounds.

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