Neato Robotics @ NRW: It’s Got A USB Port!
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 15 of April , 2010 at 3:39 am
At CES, we got a very good look at Neato Robotics’ new XV-11 vacuum robot. What we forgot to mention, though, is that the XV-11 comes with its very own USB port. While the robot isn’t initially shipping with any direct USB accessibility, the port allows for easy firmware upgrades as well as (more importantly!) the potential for hacking. This is a capability that iRobot has promoted with their Create platform, but then you’re buying a Create and not a vacuum. Plus, the XV-11 has that super sexy (and super cheap) laser rangefinder that everybody’s dying to play with. I know that the XV-11 is firmly a commercial product as opposed to a hobby platform, but if it manages to also be a hackable platform (to some extent at least), that would be another compelling reason for people with even a casual interest in robotics to buy one.
Meantime, Neato is busily producing XV-11s in time for its release this summer. Don’t forget, you can pre-order the XV-11 here.
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