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If only my Roomba was that smart, I wouldn't probably worry about eavesdropping: right now it can barely clean my floor and lock himself in the bathroom forever
by denysvitali 6y ago
If only my Roomba was that smart, I wouldn't probably worry about eavesdropping: right now it can barely clean my floor and lock himself in the bathroom forever.
Jokes aside, which Robot Vacuum Cleaner is equiped with a LIDAR? So far the only ones that I've seen barely have a proximity sensor, fall sensor and IR sensors . It could be that I've only bought and seen the cheapest versions though.
- baldeagle 6y agoWyze just started to promote one. https://www.geekwire.com/2020/wyze-releasing-199-robot-vacuum-clean-competitors-evolving-smart-home/ https://www.geekwire.com/2020/wyze-releasing-199-robot-vacuu...
- denysvitali 6y agoLooks cool! Do you know by any chance who are they selling the floor map data to?
- baldeagle 6y agoIf their ops sec doesn't get any better, they may just give them away. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/wyze-data-leak-key-takeaways-server-mistake-exposed-information-2-4m-customers/ https://www.geekwire.com/2019/wyze-data-leak-key-takeaways-s...
- dawnerd 6y agoRoborock are really nice and not that expensive. I've actually been really impressed with just how well it maps the floors. The other day I had to clean some cat fur out of it mid cycle, placed it in a totally different part of the room that wasn't in sight of the dock and it was able to fairly quickly figure out where it was.
- piyh 6y agoI bought an S50 from China and it constantly errors out on carpet. It seems to be a common thing, I guess China doesn't do full carpet like we have in the US so it's something they didn't test for on my version. The lidar is impressive though. Cleans way faster since it's taking efficient paths.
- dayjobpork 6y agoThey don't like some patterns, I suspect that straight dark lines are detected as possible drops
- domano 6y agoHave one of those and it is really impressive. Automatically detected all rooms, so that i can just tell it to clean a specific one. No matter where i put it, it knows where it is even if i have rearranged some chairs etc. Ate 2 charging cables tho
- sagarpatil 6y agoTo find out its position relative to the map it uses Simultaneous localization and mapping algorithm.
- dvcrn 6y agoRoborock being xiamoi, I'd be cautious about data collection. Reason why I got a Roomba was because I trust iRobot more
- vaccinator 6y agoIt is probably better for China to have your data then USA, because they probably don't share (unless you live in China)
- a254613e 6y agoThe roborock S5 and older models can easily be rooted, and you can install alternative open source firmware [0], newer models still require hardware disassembly in order to flash the firmware, so it's not quite user friendly yet [1] For newer versions you can however extract the API token from the app, and use it to control the vacuum without internet access and block its external internet access, since the vacuum uses a known protocol. [2] [0] https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo https://github.com/Hypfer/Valetudo [1] https://github.com/dgiese/dustcloud/issues/213#issuecomment-652705879 https://github.com/dgiese/dustcloud/issues/213#issuecomment-... [2] https://github.com/marcelrv/XiaomiRobotVacuumProtocol https://github.com/marcelrv/XiaomiRobotVacuumProtocol
- chousuke 6y agoI did this with my S5. It's not the easiest operation, but the nice thing about the device is that a factory reset is an actual factory reset, so you can always start over with factory firmware if you mess up. I use a Wireguard VPN to access the Vacuum's web UI to control it; it has no internet access at all.
- dawnerd 6y agoIt’s on its own WiFi network for this reason. Roomba isn’t even a close competitor in terms of cleaning performance, especially for the price.
- zozin 6y agoXiaomi has been making Lidar vacuums for 4-5 year now.
- outworlder 6y ago> which Robot Vacuum Cleaner is equiped with a LIDAR Neato, all versions.
- adkadskhj 6y agoLove my D7. Really helps with a dog being able to easily clean the house to pickup bits of paw dirt, grass, debris, etc. Far from perfect, but it makes cleaning the house once a week far easier, as the robot does a 90% or even 95% job every single day.
- numlock86 6y agoD5 and cat here. I totally agree.
- gcblkjaidfj 6y agoNeato had lidar from day one and launched a couple years after the first roomba. then irobot bought them and kinda killed it.
- Geeek 6y agoI don't think this is true, Neato is not owned by iRobot
- gcblkjaidfj 6y agomy bad. they were acquired by a german company not irobot. at the same time irobot bought another company that used indoor GPS, Mint. And neato launched a bunch of meaningless model numbers to jack up the price, just like irobot. Mixed it up because of all that (not sure it makes it any better :)
- jsight 6y agoNeato was never acquired by irobot. The current Neato line is actually really good.
- kapitalx 6y agoSome like the deebot even have common household object detection in addition to the lidar and can move around them. Not sure how well it works in practice. https://www.ecovacs.com/us/deebot-robotic-vacuum-cleaner/DEEBOT-OZMO-960 https://www.ecovacs.com/us/deebot-robotic-vacuum-cleaner/DEE...
- Fronzie 6y agoLG Hom-Bots have a camera which looks to the ceiling in order to do SLAM. It's not a lidar, but a good enough spying device.
- rblatz 6y agoShark IQ has a camera. It requires you to have some level of lighting in the house while it runs. Otherwise it can’t do it’s smart navigation
- blablablubblub 6y agoHere is some overview: https://dontvacuum.me/robotinfo/ https://dontvacuum.me/robotinfo/
- denysvitali 6y agoThis is indeed a very useful page. Thanks!
- vaccinator 6y ago> which Robot Vacuum Cleaner is equipped with a LIDAR? I think Tesla made one