DIY All-Terrain Roomba

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Monday, June 27th, 2011

The All -Terrain Roomba isn’t brand new but recent updates have made it a formidable opponent to stairs, lumps of dirt, and other obstacles that stand between you and a completely clean Martian surface. The DIY kit uses a modded Roomba and unique chassis to offer stability and impressive speed to this little robot.

The robot uses a Seeduino board and the Roomba’s built-in sensors to handle collision detection and navigation. It’s a great little hack.

via Hackaday