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Hacking Roomba Tod E. Kurt

Hacking Roomba By Tod E. Kurt

Hacking Roomba by Tod E. Kurt


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Helps to become the robotic engineer you've always dreamed of being. This title also helps to build a Bluetooth interface for your Roomba and install Linux on it and give it a new brain.

Hacking Roomba Summary

Hacking Roomba: ExtremeTech by Tod E. Kurt

The Jetsons would be proud! A gizmo as cool as Roomba just begs to be hacked. Now, with this book and the official ROI specification furnished by iRobot[registered], you can become the robotic engineer you've always dreamed of being. Build a Bluetooth interface for your Roomba. Turn it into an artist. Install Linux on it and give it a new brain. Some hacks are functional, others are purely fun. All of them let you play with robotics, and not one will void your warranty. Build a serial interface tether. Set up a Bluetooth[registered] interface. Drive Roomba. Play with sensors. Make it sing. Create a Roomba artist. Use your Roomba as a mouse. Connect Roomba to the Net. Wi-Fi your Roomba. Replace Roomba's brain. Install Roomba-cam. Put Linux[registered] on Roomba.This title features a companion Web site. All this and it will still clean your floor! Get the official iRobot Roomba Open Interface (ROI) specification and all code presented in the book in ready-to-run form.

About Tod E. Kurt

Tod E. Kurt has engineered hardware and software for robotic camera systems that went to Mars. Although he has degrees in electrical engineering and physics, Tod's career as a robotics hacker really began when he took apart his BigTrak, radio-controlled car, and chemistry set box to build an upright programmable robot when he was 12.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.Introduction.Part I: Interfacing.Chapter 1: Getting Started with Roomba.3Chapter 2: Interfacing Basics.Chapter 3: Building a Roomba Serial Interface Tether.Chapter 4: Building a Roomba Bluetooth Interface.Chapter 5: Driving Roomba.Chapter 6: Reading the Roomba Sensors.Part II: Fun Things to Do.Chapter 7: Making RoombaView.Chapter 8: Making Roomba Sing.Chapter 9: Creating Art with Roomba.Chapter 10: Using Roomba as an Input Device.Part III: More Complex Interfacing.Chapter 11: Connecting Roomba to the Internet.Chapter 12: Going Wireless with Wi-Fi.Chapter 13: Giving Roomba a New Brain and Senses.Chapter 14: Putting Linux on Roomba.Chapter 15: RoombaCam: Adding Eyes to Roomba.Chapter 16: Other Projects.Appendix A: Soldering and Safety Basics.Appendix B: Electrical Diagram Schematics.Appendix C: iRobot Roomba Open Interface (ROI) Specification.Index.

Additional information

GOR006063814
9780470072714
0470072717
Hacking Roomba: ExtremeTech by Tod E. Kurt
Used - Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2006-11-14
456
N/A
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