Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum — Meet oomwoo
Summary
The article introduces oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum built with Raspberry Pi, ROS 2, 2D LiDAR, and Home Assistant, designed to run entirely offline and locally. It emphasizes open hardware, firmware, and software, with a modular build-in-public approach, documented BOMs, and community collaboration via GitHub. The project aims for a cloud-free, locally controlled vacuum that can be extended with cloud features later.