Just had an idea. Would be nice if Roomba had a camera and a sentry mode while your out. Plus the ability to “take over” control from the auto computer to drive with a phone so you could check your house out when away. Other idea. Linear actuator to lift front combined with tank tracks to climb stairs.
I just imagine you spill something in your house, pull your phone out to mark the spot for the Roomba to clean and then this F1 sounding Roomba comes flying down the hallway taking your feet out from beneath you. This whole idea is just fantastically funny.
I agree with Maker-Mindset, a suspension system of some sort should help with the impact problems. I also think a small gyro in the steering control would help with avoiding collisions in the first place. It would need to be as close as possible to the centerline of the Roomba, and would take some tuning to get it working right.
To continue this silly saga, you're wearing over-the-top safety gear, in a kitchen or dining room you've padded, and you race modded Roombas to see how quickly you clean up the toddlers split Cheerios. Each Cheerio takes a tenth of a second off your time or some other gimmicky play rule. Seems like chaotic good to see Roombas cleaning up Cheerios waaay too fast. Would also be dope (though decadent and wasteful) to include jumps lol
I would love to some day see a robot vaccum that actually retains some of its robot-ness. So autonomous navigation and at least some pro-forma vacuuming capability.
Gyro-controlled stabilization to reach the hardware limit of top speed would be nice. Maybe also have a new tiremold with thicker PU-Layer or even holes in PU for some flex
Are you gonna do it! I have a kirby from the 40s I can send you 😆 the problem would be the handle causing it to topple over when it drove. But maybe you can just make the head into a rc car. Would be pretty cool. Look up kirby sanitronic vacuume those are the super old style ones. Or actually could you make like a super powered vacuume that like sucks up everything. I always wanted to put a crazy powerful mottor in one of my kirbys to like tripple it's suction 😆
IMO it needs to be actively vacuuming in order to count. sprinkle some sawdust on the track or something near the finish line. add some aluminum sideplates to the wheels for strength.
I'd look into outrunner motors for drive - they are typically short, leaving more space for wheels (ones from RC car would solve grip issues, they are available in plenty of dimensions) and maybe even rudimentary suspension... Offroad Roomba anyone?
you can always switch filaments, pla+ and petg are decent options, but theyve lacked impact resistance for me. ever since i switched over to nylon and nylon x, ive had great results! it prints kinda similar to abs but works way better in my opinion. nylon x needs a hardened nozzle though due to the carbon fiber bits, but well worth it ;) maybe add a gyro to aid stability at speed if you can, it should keep the roomba straight and make any corrections needed to do so, allowing you to focus on just steering itself. might find a little extra speed by getting longer distance speed runs out of it!
To contribute with ideas: 1. Diesel roomba 2. Otherwise same as this but the wheels doesn't stick up through the bodywork and a low gear for actual vacuuming 3. A roomba that instead of cleaningthe floor it puts dust and stuff on the floor
i think the best way to improve is making it more durable like making a metal chassis then installing the plastic shell on top of that. for the drive wheels casting the wheels in epoxy for strength then adding the silicon instead of urethane as the rubber for the wheels since its softer meaning more grip instead of having one wheelie wheel add multiple but instead of having them as wheels have them as balls so they can move in any direction like a mouse trackball and use ball bearings to add more weight since your increasing the amount of force it can output whist keeping it on the ground since you can't change aerodynamics. the last thing i can think of is changing the motors and gear ratio's
My robotics team used rev spark maxes and NEOs this past year and we discovered that they don’t have a method to prevent themselves from killing themselves. Since your just using andymark 775 redlines you should be fine but make sure to add a current limit if you want to put them under load
This is my sleep paralysis demon, safe to say I've never had my room look any cleaner, not because I have a Roomba, but because I'm afraid they'll terrorize me
What about larger tire area and less wheel? I'm sure the PETG is not great at absorbing the impact of all those bumps on the road and that might be why it is cracking under the pressure. Something more like what an RC car would have perhaps. The Shocks idea is neat also but might be a bit too overkill haha.
You could probably get away with using Vex's versaplanetary gearboxes that work with your Andymark Redline (aka 775). They are more compact and definitely strong enough for this application. They even make some of the stages out of plastic these days which will save you weight. Also did you check to see if your Spark Max's were in brake or coast mode? It seems like they are in brake mode in a few of these clips causing it to slow down aggressively. You can't fool me with all your FRC parts! hahaha
I'll probably change out the motors rather than the gearboxes. I experimented with brake and coast mode, but neither were that important at the end of a speed run. Nice spotting!
To be fair. That's not a Roomba either. It's an RC car with a Roomba shell. I enjoyed the video, but I would like to see it clean a room automatically at speed before I can call it a Roomba. :P
I am mildly miffed when I see people using frc parts on youtube, because while they are certainly [mostly] easy to use, they aren’t exactly… “cheap”. or sometimes even “good”.
Can roomba made of steel? If can that will great upgrade to roomba to max performance also using spring wheel for front and back protection (it might be slow the speed but safety from broken into piece)
Does it have some some kind of "autopilot" that keeps it going in a straight line even when one wheel loses contact with ground? As an improvement i was thinking about adding better wheels, maybe gluing bike tire to existing ones and adding a spoiler.
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Just had an idea. Would be nice if Roomba had a camera and a sentry mode while your out. Plus the ability to “take over” control from the auto computer to drive with a phone so you could check your house out when away. Other idea. Linear actuator to lift front combined with tank tracks to climb stairs.
I just want you to name it Vroomba thats all
I just wanna see this evolving further... Rockets for an speed boost, parachute and breaks, ....
maybe you should add some LEDs in the dust compartment and in the litthe sensor that sticks out in the front
dunno, but just pls do not stop it!
The fact you actually did a aerodynamic simulation of a roomba cracked me up xD
aerodynamics of a cow are so last-gen, aerodynamics of a roomba is where it's at
A necessary step to developing a roomba
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@@wandaguzman5590 that's evil, maybe? Dunno
I'm dead AHAHAHAH
I just imagine you spill something in your house, pull your phone out to mark the spot for the Roomba to clean and then this F1 sounding Roomba comes flying down the hallway taking your feet out from beneath you. This whole idea is just fantastically funny.
Roomba current navigation strategy is not compatible with plaid mode speeds.
@@OVER-bENGINEERED THEY'VE GONE TO PLAID!
add a bit of michael magic in there n make it scream
F1 DIESEL KNIFE ROOMBA
And then it crashes into a wall, flying into pieces.
Fantastic job! I’m pretty sure the world needs a jet powered roomba, or maybe a nitro powered one
All for the jet powered roomba, yes.
the world is ready for a jet powered roomba. this must happen.
How about diesel
Come up w/ your own idea and implement it. You don't have to break any records, it just has to be your unique idea.
@@nerhanews Are you telling me to come up with my own idea...?
Awesome seeing FRC parts being used!
The self destruction during the initial test in the shop is violent and hilarious 😂
Such a silly project. I LOVE it!
I agree with Maker-Mindset, a suspension system of some sort should help with the impact problems. I also think a small gyro in the steering control would help with avoiding collisions in the first place. It would need to be as close as possible to the centerline of the Roomba, and would take some tuning to get it working right.
To continue this silly saga, you're wearing over-the-top safety gear, in a kitchen or dining room you've padded, and you race modded Roombas to see how quickly you clean up the toddlers split Cheerios. Each Cheerio takes a tenth of a second off your time or some other gimmicky play rule. Seems like chaotic good to see Roombas cleaning up Cheerios waaay too fast. Would also be dope (though decadent and wasteful) to include jumps lol
I would love to some day see a robot vaccum that actually retains some of its robot-ness. So autonomous navigation and at least some pro-forma vacuuming capability.
He kept them vacuuming parts at least!
@sourand jaded yeh vacuum a room in 50 seconds!
tip: slap on a hardened steel nozzle on your 3d printer and print the parts in Nylon CF 😉 happy to lend a hand if you need it
Gyro-controlled stabilization to reach the hardware limit of top speed would be nice.
Maybe also have a new tiremold with thicker PU-Layer or even holes in PU for some flex
I think gyro-stabilization would be a great idea too.
Take a kirby vacuum and make it remote controlled. I put the carpet fluff attachment on it and it flew across the living room. It was hilarious 😂
Are you gonna do it! I have a kirby from the 40s I can send you 😆 the problem would be the handle causing it to topple over when it drove. But maybe you can just make the head into a rc car. Would be pretty cool. Look up kirby sanitronic vacuume those are the super old style ones. Or actually could you make like a super powered vacuume that like sucks up everything. I always wanted to put a crazy powerful mottor in one of my kirbys to like tripple it's suction 😆
Seems like someone did FRC in highschool! I recognize that andymark motor and rev planetary! Great to see someone use them in a different context
People coming together to help you improve the speed Roomba even more is great.
Imagine this thing shooting around your livingroom at 50km. Real ankle killer! ''Jump! The roomba is coming!''
"Worsened the handling of the Roomba" Is a phrase I never thought would exist, even in the most obsurd conversations.
Mom: “I’ll be home in 10 with guests, have you cleaned the house?”
Damage to your walls, inevitable.
First meeting with the inlaws' ankles, priceless.
"Wrangle Grinder" makes me soul sing
SMEG BRAND DISHWASHER IM DYING
Put a polster at the front bottom to ensure that decelerating and hitting the floor won't harm it too much.
Imagine going out to shoot some hoops, and there's a guy racing his roomba around lmaoo
Amazing video
I did get a few strange looks!
I sincerely hope that roomba racing will become the next big thing™
IMO it needs to be actively vacuuming in order to count. sprinkle some sawdust on the track or something near the finish line. add some aluminum sideplates to the wheels for strength.
I wish my J7+ could vacuum this fast! Love seeing more roomba mods!
Really enjoyed this, you are a superb builder and editor.
Just imagine driving down a road and seeing this little guy zooming in between cars
"I had filthy Roomba parts .... so I cleaned them up" Puts Roomba components in dishwasher. 😄
Nice 👍
I really like to see the roomba rc controller in future.
With no dust collector.👍👍👍👍
I'd look into outrunner motors for drive - they are typically short, leaving more space for wheels (ones from RC car would solve grip issues, they are available in plenty of dimensions) and maybe even rudimentary suspension... Offroad Roomba anyone?
This video was extremely well made. Would watch more of these.
I happen to personally know the guy who invented the Roomba. I am totally showing him this video.
5:10 no damage, just that one tiny broken thing XD
Put a Claymore on it, and you'll get a Boomba ! 😂
Underrated Channel! This is awesome!
You could use the suction for some extra downforce for better traction/handling
That thing's got TURBO now! 😀
you can always switch filaments, pla+ and petg are decent options, but theyve lacked impact resistance for me. ever since i switched over to nylon and nylon x, ive had great results! it prints kinda similar to abs but works way better in my opinion. nylon x needs a hardened nozzle though due to the carbon fiber bits, but well worth it ;) maybe add a gyro to aid stability at speed if you can, it should keep the roomba straight and make any corrections needed to do so, allowing you to focus on just steering itself. might find a little extra speed by getting longer distance speed runs out of it!
To contribute with ideas:
1. Diesel roomba
2. Otherwise same as this but the wheels doesn't stick up through the bodywork and a low gear for actual vacuuming
3. A roomba that instead of cleaningthe floor it puts dust and stuff on the floor
It was a bot. I'm cleaning up the comments now.
i think the best way to improve is making it more durable like making a metal chassis then installing the plastic shell on top of that.
for the drive wheels casting the wheels in epoxy for strength then adding the silicon instead of urethane as the rubber for the wheels since its softer meaning more grip
instead of having one wheelie wheel add multiple but instead of having them as wheels have them as balls so they can move in any direction like a mouse trackball and use ball bearings to add more weight since your increasing the amount of force it can output whist keeping it on the ground since you can't change aerodynamics.
the last thing i can think of is changing the motors and gear ratio's
Great, now make Ice Bear Roomba with a lot of melee weapons and self defence system
My robotics team used rev spark maxes and NEOs this past year and we discovered that they don’t have a method to prevent themselves from killing themselves. Since your just using andymark 775 redlines you should be fine but make sure to add a current limit if you want to put them under load
Good to know. I was using a current limit.
I can't wait for someone to design a roomba after a star wars imperial mouse droid lol
This is my sleep paralysis demon, safe to say I've never had my room look any cleaner, not because I have a Roomba, but because I'm afraid they'll terrorize me
Insanely underrated channel!
Now, next challenge, make a flying roomba. Could you?
Ironically, an add for a roomba played before the video started for me
What about larger tire area and less wheel? I'm sure the PETG is not great at absorbing the impact of all those bumps on the road and that might be why it is cracking under the pressure. Something more like what an RC car would have perhaps. The Shocks idea is neat also but might be a bit too overkill haha.
Some vertical stabilizers + a wing may help a fair bit with straight line stability
I'm sure adding a small spoiler on the back to help with wheelies wouldn't hurt
I need a Robot Wars season with Roombas
4:07 i thought it was my pc
Edit: 5:41 ITS THE FASTEST CAT CAR EVER
Wheely well that was a solid pun man lol
8:11 roomba says time to get the speed
You could probably get away with using Vex's versaplanetary gearboxes that work with your Andymark Redline (aka 775). They are more compact and definitely strong enough for this application. They even make some of the stages out of plastic these days which will save you weight. Also did you check to see if your Spark Max's were in brake or coast mode? It seems like they are in brake mode in a few of these clips causing it to slow down aggressively. You can't fool me with all your FRC parts! hahaha
I'll probably change out the motors rather than the gearboxes. I experimented with brake and coast mode, but neither were that important at the end of a speed run. Nice spotting!
should've put a kirby face on the wheels so that you can see kirby spinning around
Justo acaba de pasar el roomba que tenemos en casa por mi lado y ya me lo imaginé todo tuneado haciendo drifting por la casa jajajaja
my cats gonna love this
You should totally put little bits of metal so it sparks, that would look badass
I feel like the construction would benefit from metal in heavily stressed areas.
and maybe some aerodynamic surfaces to keep it straight.
This is so cool. Would love to see it on a track
I'd hoped to take it to my local track for the video, but it's flooded at the moment. I still plan on doing that though.
Maybe try to make another one with the most suction. Great video 👍
Good idea!
Now i'm just missing a little cat-person riding it at dawn.
Vroomba, I love the name^^
1. brushless
2. foam over pla+ or frp nylon, or billet machined wheels
3. Suspension!
thats sick ima mod my roomba now!
No idea if it would work, but maybe try using the vacuum to generate downforce to help with handling? Like the Brabham fan car
Love this idea!
Make a gas powered one and plop a giant bug catcher on it.
this baby can clean your house in 3 seconds flat
The background music reminds me of the opening theme to the original MacGyver
Was the tarmac any cleaner at the end of the day? We need evidence of it collecting dirt!
Cherry blossom pink like an old scool STI?
stick a 1:1 gearbox in the roomba and see how fast it goes
Roomba drag race all the other roombas claiming to be the fastest.
Really funny and cool idea
How about some kind of fiber? Glassfiber or carbon fiber? With some core if you need more strength
To be fair. That's not a Roomba either. It's an RC car with a Roomba shell. I enjoyed the video, but I would like to see it clean a room automatically at speed before I can call it a Roomba. :P
Might want to try adding a controller with a gyroscope to provide better direction control.
Print parts from nylon. It's tough and not brittle.
Wheels allys on them.
Can't you put little rubber on the bottom of the front so it dont jump when going faster?
Now you need to combine it with Michael Reeves Roomba
7:52 according to my wack ass nerd ass calculations:
this Roomba's can spin at: 256-258 RPM
I thought I had calculated it somewhere, but I can't find the value now, so I trust your calcs!
Bro. U need tread on those tires. I thought u was gonna flip the mold inside out but that smooth on smooth surface doesn't help much
You could easily do > 100 mph with some rudimentary metal parts. Carving up some tarmac ist also kind of cleaning :)
Roomba clean the room
-ok ... done
Honestly, just add a spoiler for better control.
Petition to call it Zooomba 5000
Now take it to an avenue and get a speeding ticket
Planning on it. We have 'camera cars' here in my neighborhood.
It could use some improved aero(wings to suck to ground) and stronger wheels
I am mildly miffed when I see people using frc parts on youtube, because while they are certainly [mostly] easy to use, they aren’t exactly… “cheap”. or sometimes even “good”.
I kinda miss when my ender 3 made noise. Ever since upgrading the board it just sits over there working silently, ominously.
I rate this roomba/10
Hey Ferb, I know what we’re going to do today!
Can roomba made of steel? If can that will great upgrade to roomba to max performance also using spring wheel for front and back protection (it might be slow the speed but safety from broken into piece)
I love this ✨🤙
Shoulda been called the Zoomba but I’ll let it slide
Ok now do it with orginal electronic. New motors and old memory for cleaning purpose.
Why not use brushless motors, seeing as they have a far better power:size ratio than brushed motors?
Perhaps for the next version...
Now put a claymore on it
Does it have some some kind of "autopilot" that keeps it going in a straight line even when one wheel loses contact with ground? As an improvement i was thinking about adding better wheels, maybe gluing bike tire to existing ones and adding a spoiler.
Great ideas. It definitely needs a aero all 'round!