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I bought the original Create when it came out in 2007. It was an awesome piece of tech back then, very stable/rugged, reasonable low level API, extendable, and
by djb_hackernews 12y ago
I bought the original Create when it came out in 2007. It was an awesome piece of tech back then, very stable/rugged, reasonable low level API, extendable, and yes "hackable".
The only downsides was the interface felt old even for 2007, which was a serial port (you'd see a lot of Create projects driving around with a laptop sitting on top of it). And the "battery pack" was useless and ran on I think 12 AA batteries which lasted about 10 minutes.
I got the bluetooth upgrade, which was $50 and the rechargeable battery pack and charge station which was probably another $100.
It's awesome to see the Create 2 includes a rechargeable battery pack AND charge station.
It references Arduino and Raspberry Pi but there doesn't seem to be any special integration.
Can anyone find the exact sensors included? Same as the original Create?
- Fuzzwah 12y agoI can't find a simple list of the sensors. But reading through this: http://www.irobot.com/~/media/MainSite/PDFs/About/STEM/Create/create_2_Open_Interface_Spec.pdf http://www.irobot.com/~/media/MainSite/PDFs/About/STEM/Creat... And based on the fact the Create 2 is based on the 600 series I checked the wikipedia entry and figure the list will be: * Bump sensors (left and right) * Wheel drop sensors (left and right) * Four infrared "cliff sensors" * Acoustic-based dirt sensors * Optical sensor located in front of the vacuum bin * Virtual Wall Lighthouse sensor