Roomba Vacuum Robot modified to see stuff as it works, to help you find things
Wael Chatila, One on my many legions of fans* sent me an email about a Roomba hack he made that mounts a computer and camera inside - so you can index any text the Roomba encounters as it goes about its vacuuming. Hopefully, that way you can find lost things in the real world! Neat!
As a bonus, you can also control the Roomba across the internet connection, and see the images from the camera - a spybot for you to check on your own home while you are out.
I think one of the coolest things about this Roomba hack is that it leaves the vacuuming function fully functional, and all the added parts are inside the case. Nice work!
A suggestion, Wael (or anyone else who wants to build it): I wonder if it is possible to index the images themselves and do a reverse image search? That way you could feed in an image of a lost object in, and find it in context. There are formidable challenges, for sure, but it would be very cool.
:)
Now, where did I leave my keys?
* for very, very small values of ‘legion’.
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