Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum — Meet OOMWOO - Makers Pet
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I’m starting a new build-in-public project: oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself. Raspberry Pi, ROS 2, 2D LiDAR, Home Assistant, 3D printed, local-first — and open from the first commit.
  • diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    3 days

    github
    A user you’ve blocked has previously contributed to this repository.
    look inside
    claude
    click insights
    Top 3 committers is: some org account, another org account but with “.ai” in it, claude

    EDIT: they are not only the top 3 committers, they are the only 3 committers

    EDIT0: repo is all screenshots and markdown files, another one has a trivial amount of code also written with ai

    • BendingHawk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 days

      Thank you for saving me the time I would have wasted getting excited about this

      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 days

        Well there is nothing to be excited about, the entire repo is empty with only a bunch of readme files. Zero code has been written ai or not.

      • Tja@programming.devEnglish
        3 days

        It’s open source. Feel free to write your own software, or pay someone to do it for you.

        • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3 days

          “Here is a beautiful piece of art. You say it’s just a blank piece of paper? Please feel free to draw your own art on it, and then it will be as I said.”

          I know the real news here is the hardware, but it is still funny…

          • Tja@programming.devEnglish
            3 days

            The thing is… it’s not blank. It’s painted, but someone complains no that the art is bad, but that they don’t like how it was painted. Well, nobody is forcing you to look at it, you can even paint it yourself.

      • JabbaTheThott@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 days

        Don’t use any operating systems and most major websites then because theyre all using a coding agent now. It’s just the way the industry is going at the moment

        edit: Linux uses Claude copilot ffs. It needs to be noted as an AI contribution and needs human review but Linux and Windows definitely use AI coding agents and I guarantee Apple does too. Be in denial all you want. I’m not advocating for them, I’m stating the reality of the industry right now.

    • teslekova@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3 days

      Yep, everyone updoot this so the ones who come after can stop reading at the top comment.

    • qwerty@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3 days

      I don’t see that as a problem. A vacuum cleaner isn’t critical infrastructure and shouldn’t be connected to the internet, so no security concerns. Worst case scenario it ruins your carpet. Majority of the work here will be done on hardware side it seems.

      • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 days

        There’s 0 code thus far. What “code” does exist is all just readme.md for various ros modules. Getting upset about the guy using ai seems a little premature.

        • diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          3 days

          There’s another repo with a Docker file and that was all written with Claude too for some reason. Though I don’t see why in the ever living fuck this would need Docker.

          Also, why are we even getting excited over a vacuum cleaner existing as a pile of markdown files talking about it? There are lots of these, actually.

          • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3 days

            Not sure what’s up with docker.

            I understand some excitement though. Initially reading this I thought it was a more mature project that it is and something like this that’s fully open source would be a nice change from all the projects that talk about replacing firmware but then turn out to run on one version of hardware that hasn’t been sold in at least five years.

        • Nalivai@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3 days

          They don’t have any code yet but 3 slopgen accounts are already connected. It’s worse, it’s actually worse.

    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 days

      So? The repository is empty did you even check it. There is no code in it at all.

      • Nalivai@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 days

        And 3 accounts are already “contributing”. That’s not better. It’s worse.

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 days

    You can tell it’s a genuine high-quality open-source project because the name sucks

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3 days

      3real5me…the amount of time and money needed to make even simple projects robust and truly usable, and not just a janky DIY job that needs to be used in just the right way or it’s wonky is always more than you expect. No matter how many times you’ve been through the process.

      • elucubra@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        3 days

        I tend to consider first attempts/versions as Betas. Sometimes I will do the full alpha, beta, RC cycle

        Freedman has a pretty good video relating to this

        • Axolotl@feddit.itEnglish
          3 days

          Yeah, i mean, that’s just how developing anything works, i think it shuld be something that people have to explain more when they introduce someone to the DIY world, if you expect to finish a product on the first iteration or the first few, you either gonna fail or you have set a low bar

      • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 days

        I think my device is easy and intuitive to use. The user wants video instructions and refuses to use my thing otherwise :(

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3 days

      I would actually be more interested in custom firmware for our old touch-and-go Roomba. The hardware is great, fully modular, did even survive a round of cat barf and washing. But the firmware is buggy and does inefficient vacuuming rounds.

    • Dymonika@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3 days

      Ha, let’s hope that doesn’t happen here. This is genuinely exciting.

  • Smaile@lemmy.caEnglish
    3 days

    Need to do this with a lot of home appliances.

  • Bomnam@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    3 days

    As time goes on I’m hoping more products like this that give what was once only possible via locked down proprietary software a new open and repairable life as theres many new products and tech that I see but could never use unless I’d want to just upload everything I do to whoevers servers and pray that they don’t get breached.

    • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3 days

      https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/

      The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts. We’re developing open source industrial machines that can be made at a fraction of commercial costs, and sharing our designs online for free.

      • Sasquatch@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3 days

        okay I clicked quite a few of those, And afaict, only the house is past the “planning” stage

  • mecen@lemmy.caEnglish
    2 days

    Awesome estimated cost of doing it?

    Consider working with some manufacturer to sell it, as HA compatible, not spying vacuum robot.

  • LittleBorat3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 days

    Looking for ways to keep my old one running as long as possible. it’s that roboroc xiaomi platform and it has been supper easy to get spare parts. I replaced entire wheel sections batteries and such.

    There is a software that replaces the Xiaomi app and that would be the next project.

    No need to phone home to china all the time.

    • TDCN@feddit.dkEnglish
      4 days

      As i understand it Valetudo is not actually firmware to control the robot. It is a “parasite” that makes the existing robot firmware belive it is connected to the cloud which is very different from actually controlling and navigating the robot. However, in terms of homeasistant integration it could be worth getting inspired.

      For a control operating system ROS could be something to consider. When I used it 10 years ago the project was quite unstable since tools changed constantly and it was overly complicated to work with, but a lot of development has happened since so maybe worth considering. I wrote this before reading the article

    • adeoxymus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 days

      I love valetudo!

      But I also think there should be more open source robotics, and a robot vacuum feels the right topic as a starting point.

      I think I also saw someone that wanted to make a robot grass cutter.

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 days

      Looks pretty cool but a very short list of compatible devices. Also, what they consider “budget options” are not what I would consider “in my price range”. LoL 😂

      • Tja@programming.devEnglish
        3 days

        What is your price range, a button and two shells? The S5 can be found for 50 bucks used.

        • buddascrayon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3 days

          I wasn’t able to even find that one. And several of the others. Were you on Amazon or eBay?

          • Tja@programming.devEnglish
            2 days

            Ebay, and the local used market (something like Facebook marketplace or Craigslist)

    • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
      4 days

      This is why I love foss software. Their is some guy hacking away at some very specific problem in his own time and he shares it with the world for free. You will have never heard of this problem or even contemplated its existence but once u know some foss developer has solved it going back to a world where it doesn’t exist is just a little bit duller.

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3 days

    I just want one where the storage the vac empties out into is on the side so it can slide under a couch.

    These things take so much damn space and for some reason they didn’t figure out there is a bunch of real estate underneath shit.

    • Vex_Detrause@lemmy.caEnglish
      3 days

      Delete this comment, sell idea to a company, profit! But in all seriousness this is a smart idea.

  • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 days

    While this is a cool idea, if you read the article, it’s only an idea. Seems like nothing but a reference design has actually been made. Hoping to see it progress, but we shall see.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 days

      Yeah, over the years I’ve learned to not hold my breath about any interesting announcement. Though I’m at the point now where I don’t really care either way and feel like pointing it out for any specific project just feels overly pessimistic. Just let them cook or contribute knowing there’s never a guarantee it’ll come to fruition.

  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3 days

    I’m surprised they didn’t go for more of a wide-mouth D bot design like the old neatos did. And a pi5 is hardly affordable in 2026. If it’s local only, does it really need the processing power of a pi? It’ll be on a home network with something running homeassistant anyway. Give it a dumb controller and make it like a wireless klipper bot, the heavy lifting done on the server.

    • blackbeans@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3 days

      They do mention it is undecided yet and an esp32 is an option. For me that would be ideal but I can also imagine some devs just want some kind of linux where they can run python scripts on.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4 days

    … oomwoo?

    Sorry, I need to look this up on Squeam.

    Hey, on Mreesh, somebody said its a scam!

    … But then LikkiiLiikkii says its legit.

    Hrm, I wonder what Gronk thinks…