Exactly!
Totally. It’s what Lego realised the should have done with RCX. After they released it, there was demand for an SDK, so they released one. The NXT has always had nearly open source status.
That way they’re bound to sell them by the millions. I have no intention of ever using it as a vacuum cleaner. It’s perfect marketing.
Ha ha! I have to say, taking input from the joystick was more difficult than controlling the damn hoover! But that’s a combination of the pain in the ass way Micro$haft makes us use their pain in the ass software interfaces.
I think the next stage is to map a room.
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BOA - Replace the OS !Is XP
BOA - Replace the OS !
Is XP running on the 8086/Roomba? I’m amazed the bloated OS would fit - or are you talking about the SDK on your home computer? My suggestion would be to dump it along with Micro$oft…
It’s amazing how capable hardware can become when you get rid of the cruddy OS. eg link
I’m sure you’ll come up with something brilliant. Perhaps, paint on the floor or laser etching. Is that dog still around?
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Yes
Yep, Windoze XP Home is running on the 8086 controlling the Roomba. Would you believe it’s so colossal that the computer is too big for the Roomba to carry it around? Well, since teh controller IS my home PC…
The Asus router I’m looking at runs Linux…
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Roomba
Hey!
Im currently working on programming a roomba with labview myself for my final year project in college! The thing is I’m having serious problems getting feedback from my sensors. I know they work and that the cable is ok because I checked this in the SCI tester using the live sensor data button but when I enter the code manually to get feed back it wont in both the sci tester and my labview programme…just wondering has anybody been able to use labview to get feedback from the sensors ???
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Easy
Yeah. There’s no problem getting feedback. If you send the byte 0x8E followed by 0x00, you get a 26-byte packet back containing all the sensor data. Make sure you haven’t got your VISA serial port timeout set too low, or else it won’t wait long enough for the returned data.
Now, here’s an odd thing. I don’t get sensor data using the SCI tester, but I do with my own program!!
Bots controlled via wifi routers
The problem i ran into with using an Asus WL500G was kernel/USB driver hell basically. 2.4 kernels worked fine with wireless but have limited USB hardware support, 2.6 kernels theoretically supported the USB devices i wanted (like UVC video) however the devices did not work, and troubleshooting was troublesome.
