Roomba midi interface

posted May 9th 2006 12:00am by
filed under: robots hacks

todbot has developed a MIDI interface for the Roomba. RoombaMidi is an OSX application that acts as a virtual MIDI interface. It can be used by any standard MIDI sequencer and supports up to a 16 vacuum orchestra. It can even turn the vacuum motor on and off for a bass drum effect. I guess the circuit benders have a brand new toy on there hands, but who will be the first great Roomba artist?

[thanks Mike Kuniavsky]

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8 Responses to Roomba midi interface

  • mastershake916 says:
    May 9, 2006 at 12:32 am

    Interesting, looks like the roomba hacking it coming along well.

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  • strider_mt2k says:
    May 9, 2006 at 12:52 pm

    In an odd twist, a midi mod is also available that will allow an old dot matrix printer to get out the scuff marks and bring out the shine on those no-wax and hardwood floors, also while making music.

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  • Nat says:
    May 9, 2006 at 9:20 pm

    sounds cool, strider_mt2k do you have a link for this?

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  • postalrat says:
    May 9, 2006 at 10:31 pm

    pretty cool. nicely done hack.

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  • strider_mt2k says:
    May 10, 2006 at 7:45 am

    yes

    http://www.iwasonlykidding.org

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  • Logan says:
    May 10, 2006 at 11:13 pm

    Actually, there is a dot matrix synth, here: http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000453045067/ .

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  • pat says:
    May 17, 2006 at 3:35 pm

    strider_mt2k that link isnt working. did it get dugg?

    heehee

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  • xboxwiimodchip says:
    May 9, 2009 at 8:34 am

    Nice post! GA is also my biggest earning. However, it’s not a much.

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