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Anyone using a FOSS-friendly robot vacuum? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by Shatur@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I'm considering buying a robot vacuum cleaner, but I'm not a fan of the idea that it would scan my apartment and send data to the cloud.

I came across the Valetudo project, and it looks promising. It doesn’t replace the firmware - just replaces the cloud connection with local automation systems instead. Has anyone here used it? Or are you using something else for local control? I'd love to hear your experience 🙂

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[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've heard of some people jailbreaking their roombas but it requires messing with the hardware iirc, but it didn't sound as hard as jailbreaking a smart TV.

[–] mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When I last checked, it didn't seem difficult to flash my Dreametech L10s Ultra, but there was a step where if you didn't get it done within X seconds, you brick your vacuum. No idea if that's accurate, but didn't want to risk a $1000 vacuum on it, so I sadly still use it connected to cloud (because I want to use mapping functionality).

[–] cole@lemdro.id 3 points 1 week ago

it's not hard, I've done it