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Do Roombas include any ML component? I thought they followed a rather straightforward heuristic along the lines of a random walk, with turns when they hit an ob
by hbrav 5y ago
Do Roombas include any ML component? I thought they followed a rather straightforward heuristic along the lines of a random walk, with turns when they hit an obstacle.
- milesvp 5y agoSome roomba types also use kalman filters (or similar) to help map out a room. Honestly I’d be surprised if ml gave you anything valuable above some already well known algorithms in this space other than a marketing bullet point.
- aardvarkr 5y agoThat’s how it operated a decade ago but they currently use computer vision to map your house and navigate the world
- ellisv 5y agoAh CV not ML? No CNNs in there?
- hrydgard 5y agoNew roombas and clones map your house with lidar and let you clean exact zones using a map from an app.
- rdw 5y agoThe early generations worked as you describe. Newer/better ones attempt to map out the layout of the home, which allows them to cover larger areas, return to base to recharge/dump dirt, and to only gently touch objects instead of slamming into them at full speed. They actually probably still don't need ML for all of that, motion planning was able to avoid the need for "learning" for decades. But I bet they do use ML anyway.