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Nice. I actually put some thought into this lately. I would like to be able to redecorate my room digitally, preferably via some voice command. "Alexa, rearrang

Nice. I actually put some thought into this lately. I would like to be able to redecorate my room digitally, preferably via some voice command. "Alexa, rearrange for Movie Night please." The idea was to put every piece of furniture on little platforms that can be driven around. The costs are quite prohibitive, especially for couches and other furniture that have to carry quite a load, the Mecanum Wheels on Aliexpress that can carry >100kg are very expensive and too large for my taste. If anyone has a better idea how to actually make this happen, i'd love to hear some ideas.

gjkood 10y ago
If you have carpeted floors, you can use those little teflon disks that you insert under your furniture legs. Once you have all the legs on the teflon disks, its quite easy to push them around. No need of lifting heavy furniture. You only have to push. Of course the traction of your robot wheels should be greater than that of the furniture laden disks. I am not sure if you will have the same performance on wooden or other flooring though. https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Furniture-Movers-including-surfaces/dp/B001WAK5VQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486858218&sr=8-1&keywords=furniture+moving+disks https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Furniture-Movers-including-s... https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Furniture-Movers-Carpeted-Surfaces/dp/B001W6Q4VA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1486858218&sr=8-2&keywords=furniture+moving+disks https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Furniture-Movers-Carpeted-Su...
- sand500 10y ago
  Or for hard wood install some good quality casters?
- mschuster91 10y ago
  > If you have carpeted floors, you can use those little teflon disks that you insert under your furniture legs. Once you have all the legs on the teflon disks, its quite easy to push them around. Well... you're bound to running (or bumping) into problems when you have... physical activity on the couch. You'd need some way of anchoring e.g. a couch so that it doesn't move around when not desired.
Qworg 10y ago
Make the robots like the Kiva bots and have a liftable platform. That way, they only need to support the weight of the furniture, not the people.

gjkood 10y ago

If you have carpeted floors, you can use those little teflon disks that you insert under your furniture legs. Once you have all the legs on the teflon disks, its quite easy to push them around. No need of lifting heavy furniture. You only have to push. Of course the traction of your robot wheels should be greater than that of the furniture laden disks. I am not sure if you will have the same performance on wooden or other flooring though. https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Furniture-Movers-including-surfaces/dp/B001WAK5VQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486858218&sr=8-1&keywords=furniture+moving+disks https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Furniture-Movers-including-s... https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Furniture-Movers-Carpeted-Surfaces/dp/B001W6Q4VA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1486858218&sr=8-2&keywords=furniture+moving+disks https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Furniture-Movers-Carpeted-Su...

sand500 10y ago
Or for hard wood install some good quality casters?
mschuster91 10y ago
> If you have carpeted floors, you can use those little teflon disks that you insert under your furniture legs. Once you have all the legs on the teflon disks, its quite easy to push them around. Well... you're bound to running (or bumping) into problems when you have... physical activity on the couch. You'd need some way of anchoring e.g. a couch so that it doesn't move around when not desired.

Qworg 10y ago

Make the robots like the Kiva bots and have a liftable platform. That way, they only need to support the weight of the furniture, not the people.