Pulito: The LEGO Roomba
posted Nov 14th 2010 9:00am by James Munnsfiled under: toy hacks
When [Dave] installed hardwood flooring in his house, he needed a solution to help automate the monotonous task of routine sweeping. Rather than go out and buy one of the many existing automated sweep robots out there, he decided to use his passion for LEGO Robotics to design and build a NXT based Swifferbot he calls Pulito. His version implements all the important features such as object avoidance using bump sensors, an IR beacon used to automatically return to the charging station, and a photoresistor to monitor the charge of the battery. [Dave] also includes a nifty LEGO sensor multiplexor, allowing him to save on I/O ports, which is almost worth sharing by itself.
Videos after the break.
Pretty cool. I guess the cleaning pattern is still a work in progress? I like the charging bumper idea, kick ass work!