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Amazon terminates iRobot deal, Roomba maker to lay off 31% of staff (www.cnbc.com)
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Amazon terminates iRobot deal, Roomba maker to lay off 31% of staff::Amazon and iRobot said regulatory concerns made it impossible for the deal to move forward, sending the Roomba makers' shares plummeting.

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[–] ElusiveClarity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Save yourself the headache and get something that works locally and doesn’t rely on their cloud and app.

[–] thisfro@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What options are there out of the box? I only know of hacking well known brands and use something like valetudo

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I put a wemos d1 mini in mine since all I need to do is mash the existing Clean button. The internal MCU runs on 3.3v, the buttons are pulled low and activated by the same 3.3v rail, so all I had to do was flash it with ESPhome and wire the low side of the buttons to a gpio. I wanted to read the LED state but the multiplex scheme wasn't worth decoding. I did use the single analog pin to measure battery voltage, and an input for the roller and blower motors.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well done. I can't tell if you're shitposting or if this is legitimately the simplest home automation setup.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Bro’s a menace to robot vacuum companies

[–] thisfro@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah nice, so they work completely without internet? I somehow assumed they will need internet for first setup

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I bought them used, so I don't know about initial setup if you bought a brand new one. But yeah the shark isn't even on my wifi, just the esphome.