Pac-Man Roomba created with 448 LEDs

by Darren Murph, posted Jun 5th 2008 at 6:31AM

We were beginning to wonder if the Roomba hacking community had been sucked dry of ideas, but leave it to longjie0723 to give us hope yet. This Roomba hacker (yeah, he also rigged his up for Wiimote control) managed to solder 448 yellow LEDs onto a board and program said devices to move in such a way that a Pac-Man-type image is seen. C'mon, who hasn't dreamed of having that ghost-inhaler work his magic on those forsaken floors? Check the video after the jump.

[Via Hack N Mod]

Filed under: Household, Robots

Tags: diy, hack, led, pac-man, pacman, roomba, vacuum, video

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Pentium @ Jun 5th 2008 6:40AM

nice...! but I wonder how much this dream will cost?

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OneLove @ Jun 5th 2008 11:38AM

what happened, you didn't call it a "netbook"?

Neutral

OneLove @ Jun 5th 2008 11:40AM

its a white asian dude.

Neutral

Jaque-o @ Jun 5th 2008 7:02AM

Simply brilliant..

why didnt I think of that?

Neutral

ReggieXuk @ Jun 5th 2008 7:07AM

The only question here is, WHY?!

Neutral

Cassini @ Jun 5th 2008 7:25AM

W?BIC!

Neutral

Ryan Trevisol @ Jun 5th 2008 7:39AM

Exactly!!! Why would you do this? It's completely USELESS!

. . . . without the OM NOM NOM sound fx! :-)

Highly Ranked

Sean @ Jun 5th 2008 7:55AM

The only answer here is, WHY NOT?!

Neutral

404 @ Jun 5th 2008 7:16AM

He must have been incredibly bored or incredibly obsessed with this to bother soldering 448 LEDs.

Yeesh.

Highly Ranked

cit9 @ Jun 5th 2008 7:29AM

Ah crap... my cat's called Clyde :(

Neutral

Sola @ Jun 5th 2008 7:42AM

Now that's just silly.

Where's the pink bow?

Neutral

Gordon Page @ Jun 5th 2008 8:00AM

Nice, just purchased a roomba 560 :-0. Looks fun.

Neutral

Gordon Page @ Jun 16th 2008 9:35AM

Just got my roomba (after reading this article) and posted a video here: http://www.infohole.com/blog/technology/roomba-560-robot-vacuum-cleaner

Neutral

brad @ Jun 5th 2008 9:10AM

lol, what an awesome video!

Neutral

dux | eleefece @ Jun 5th 2008 11:06AM

waka-waka-waka!!!

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Jamma @ Jun 5th 2008 11:14AM

OM NOM NOM NOM

Neutral

Tanner @ Jun 5th 2008 12:24PM

Ah, the Japanese.

Neutral

Garst @ Jun 6th 2008 5:21AM

At least he was smart enough to include the music, otherwise it would have just been a lame light show. Although, it looks more red than yellow to me.

Neutral

longjie0723 @ Jun 6th 2008 12:11PM

Thanks engajet. But the linked wii remote hack is not mine.
Mine is below:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=NqbcfSqPnLA

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