DIY RC floor sweeper

by Donald Melanson, posted Nov 30th 2006 at 1:19PM

Uncomfortable trusting such an all-important task as cleaning the floors to the machines but also not willing to get off the couch? Well, our lazy, tinfoil hat-wearing friends, you now have an alternative to putting up with dirty floors, though you will need some (very) minimal DIY skills. Windell of the Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories seems to have shared your dilemma and whipped up this little solution, combining the wonders of Swiffer technology with the human-controlled safeness of RC cars. While the parts list includes a blank printed circuit board, rest assured, there's nothing fancy going on under the hood here -- it apparently just happens to be perfectly designed for mounting dust mops to toy cars.

[Via MAKE:Blog]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Tags: diy, homebrew, radio controlled, RadioControlled, rc, rc car, RcCar

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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nick @ Nov 30th 2006 1:28PM

This is perfect for the everyday sweep, but not really for the in depth cleaning that is needed for a high traffic hall... But, nonetheless, I'll probably let my friend know. He's got a teenager that probably has one of these cars..

Excellent idea though!

(nicholas)
http://www.tingog.com

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Eugene @ Nov 30th 2006 1:39PM

they are the deadly beeeeeees

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mccarron @ Nov 30th 2006 4:18PM

I totally made one of these when I was in 7th grade for a little science fair "Invention Convention". Fun at first, but it gets old.

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C @ Nov 30th 2006 4:21PM

Why not combine this with one of those DIY robot kits (motors + sensors) to make your own autonomous iSwiffer?

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MASA @ Nov 30th 2006 11:15PM

That's an awesome idea. Then you don't actually need to move the car with the controls. And then the swiffer part can rise up and dispose the swiffer cloth.

That would be awesome.

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pfepher @ Nov 30th 2006 4:43PM

Make is like a Zamboni - dry up front, swiffer wet towing behind!

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GioNYC @ Nov 30th 2006 5:41PM

"Able to clean my Kitchen in 0 - 6.4 Seconds"

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Mikey @ Nov 30th 2006 10:33PM

Its sooooo simple. Why did someone not do this sooner?

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Gordy @ Dec 1st 2006 11:14AM

I will call mine...Ghettoomba.

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