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Guy Hacks His Roomba with LEDs, Transforms It Into Pac Man
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 8:45 PM on June 2, 2008
Anyone out there with a fetish for hoovering in the dark (anyone out there with a fetish for hoovering, call me, because I need a new cleaning lady) might like this hacked Roomba. Ron Tajima has created the Pacma, using 448 yellow LEDs, and a control unit made of an MPU that connects to the robo-vac via a cable and uses Bluetooth. Fun? Ron, my rugs are just crying out for you. [YouTube via BotJunkie]
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homerjay
Posted 9:16 PM 2/6/08
For lucky best wash, use Mr. PacMan!
homerjay
MastaFalse
Posted 9:13 PM 2/6/08
That's good. And wasn't it Sue?
MastaFalse
HotShotNN
Posted 8:59 PM 2/6/08
R.I.P. Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.
HotShotNN
JoOngle
Posted 8:55 PM 2/6/08
Thats just funny! :)
JoOngle
LoganSix
Posted 9:43 PM 2/6/08
Is that really how loud a Roomba is?
Based on the description, I thought he was just going to pimp out his roomba with LED lights underneath like a how they put lights under a car.
LoganSix
vyrlsuntzu
Posted 9:24 PM 2/6/08
how many quarters does it take to clean the living room?
vyrlsuntzu
Git Em SteveDave
Posted 10:28 PM 2/6/08
@homerjay: Hey Fish-bulb, Mr. Sparkle clean evil away!
Git Em SteveDave
xint
Posted 10:28 PM 2/6/08
It's entertaining to be unemployed...
?
xint
Step666
Posted 11:20 PM 2/6/08
Am I the only one left thinking that the yellow LEDs didn't really live up to their name?
Step666
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 11:35 PM 2/6/08
@Step666: Yeah, they seemed rather multi-colored.
GeekyNerdGuy
uberfu
Posted 11:48 PM 2/6/08
@Step666: i agree - but that could have been the quality of the camera picking up the color_
But aside from that - it's still a pretty damned good attempt_ And the way it shuts off is priceless_
uberfu
ANoel
Posted 12:27 AM 3/6/08
Coo! hack... I'd buy it.
Thinking of getting one to keep the floors clean and the cat amused while we're @ work, but I have a serious question. Do Roomba's suck? Suck it good?
ANoel
CURVEITOUCH
Posted 12:27 AM 3/6/08
Miiiiiissssssssttttttterrrr Sparkle
"Banishes Dirt to the Land of Wind and Ghosts"
CURVEITOUCH
HJTravels
Posted 12:26 AM 3/6/08
It's so huge it looks like a Super Pacman, just doesn't move very fast.
HJTravels
med
Posted 12:21 AM 3/6/08
@xint: not going to be unemployed for long...
med
AntOnaf
Posted 12:05 AM 3/6/08
Pacman will never go out of style. Now if he could make a maze with dust pellets that would bring Pacroomba to life.
AntOnaf
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 1:24 AM 3/6/08
I'm waiting for the knock-off "Puck-Man" version. That was one of my favorite Apple IIc games.
OMG! Ponies!
Ph30nix
Posted 2:02 AM 3/6/08
@LoganSix: Roomba is still a vacuum cleaner after all...
Couldn't he have at least rigged a speaker to do the wakka wakka sound?
Ph30nix
Zander
Posted 1:57 AM 3/6/08
@HotShotNN: Actually, it was Sue in the first game I think, then they changed it to Clyde.
Zander
tucker
Posted 2:18 AM 3/6/08
i'll bet that guy really scores big with the ladies
tucker
ANoel
Posted 3:55 AM 3/6/08
@tucker:
He doesn't need a laydee - he has a Roomba, dude.
ANoel
adamator
Posted 4:11 AM 3/6/08
Double-post pwned. :(
adamator
adamator
Posted 4:11 AM 3/6/08
All well and good, until it eats the super huge dust particle and then goes after YOU, its creator/slavedriver.
adamator
adamator
Posted 4:04 AM 3/6/08
All well and good until it eats a super huge dust particle, then goes after YOU, the creator/slavedriver.
adamator
MasterYong
Posted 6:41 AM 3/6/08
laaaaaame... video's been removed. I saw this post this morning and left in minimized to show a friend at work who I constantly harass for paying a robot to do his vacuuming, but when I went to show him all I get is "this video has been removed"... for WHAT?
MasterYong
CubFan81
Posted 12:34 PM 3/6/08
@MasterYong: Um...that's because you left the post minimized. YouTube videos linked on other sites have some weird feature where if you don't start playing it soon after the original page loads, the video is no longer accessible. I'm sure it has something to do with wasted bandwidth and what not. Try refreshing the page.
CubFan81
adent1066
Posted 1:07 AM 3/6/08
Kinda neat idea, but I was a little disappointed that the colors in the LEDs didn't really cooperate
adent1066