Robotinho Surfs On Roombas

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 8 of June , 2010 at 2:51 am

People use Roombas (generally, Creates) as bases for all kinds of robots… They’re not often used for bigger (heavier) bots, but if you stick four of ‘em together, you can apparently support a payload of up to 20kg or one Robotinho android. The Roomba QuadDrive was developed by University of Bonn’s Autonomous Intelligent Systems Lab, and consists of four Roomba 530s bolted together, and as far as mobile bases go, I imagine it’s probably pretty cheap and reliable. The top speed of 0.5 mph isn’t going to shock and awe, but it’s fine for tooling around a museum and scaring little kids:

And of course, the floors of that museum are damn clean. Quadruply damn clean.

[ Bonn AIS ] VIA [ Hizook ]

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