Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth: Introducing the RoombaCam

Introducing the RoombaCam

People, it's OK to love your Roomba... just don't LOVE your Roomba. (Though this is very amusing to me.)

I decided to put my digital camera on top of the Roomba to see if I could make a little Web video from the Roomba's point of view. The first two attempts didn't work too well, as the bumper-car manouvers of the Roomba shook it loose very quickly. But a few strips of masking tape later, I managed to turn my little robovac into an cinematographer.

The video file is large - about 20 megs - but it's worth a look if you're curious about the Roomba, particularly in terms of how well it plays with cats, furniture, feet, and other things that get in its way....