iRobot Roomba

We received an iRobot Roomba 5500 (aka Roomba Silver, Roomba 2 Silver Robotic Cleaner) as a wedding present, while we’ll be putting it to good use about the flat I will be looking into ways to improve/upgrade it. So far I just have a collection of links for Roomba modifications and taken a few photos.

Photos

Roomba Links

• flickr.com – My Roomba photos
• iRoboteurope.co.uk
  • Serial Cable for iRobot Create (couldn’t find the equivalent on iRoboteurope.co.uk)
• roombadevtools.com – RooTooth, RooStick, Roo232 documentation in PDF. Roomba SCI Specifications as a PDF are also available.
• Sparkfun.com sell the RooStick, a Roomba to USB bridge.
  • and also sell the cable.
• iRobot at amazon.co.uk
• hackingroomba.com
• makezine.com – Make Magazine’s list of Roomba hacks
• robotreviews.com – Robot Hacking
  • FAQs and troubleshooting
• prj.perquin.com/roomba/uc.php – Roomba Microcontroller and functional pinout
• DIY Roomba USB Interface Cable
• hackaday.com
  • Roomba with dustpan style grasper
  • Roomba baby cradle (?)
  • Gaming with Roombas
  • Roomba Pac-man
  • li-ion for your Roomba
  • Posterbot hack a Roomba into poster printer
  • Bluetooth Roomba phone remote
  • Line following Roomba
  • Roomba Midi interface
  • Roomba rover – removed the roomba’s brains.
  • Build your own Roomba wall units
  • Put the Roomba robotic vacuum in test mode
• Cylon Roomba
• roombahacks.com

Disclaimer

iRobot and Roomba are all registered trademarks of iRobot Corporation.