[Electronics-Talk] Rumba:

Mon Dec 20 03:08:10 UTC 2021

Hi.

This is good to know. Have you ran it at night even and still not had 
issues with lights off? Some VSLAM robo vacs do better than others, 
apparently the Hoover Rogue which is VSLAM is terrible about darkness. 
Before reading your message I wouldn't have bought a Roomba over 
something with LiDAR even if the price was half, but perhaps Roomba has 
gotten it to continue working well.

Cheers:
Aaron Spears, AKA Valiant8086 General Partner at Valiant Galaxy Associates "we make (VERY GOOD AUDIOGAMES) for the blind comunity" http://valiantGalaxy.com

On 12/19/2021 9:54 PM, joseph hudson via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> The Roomba vacuum is, did not need the lights on. We turn the lights off in this house and the vacuum still runs and everything is fine.
>
>> On Dec 19, 2021, at 6:07 PM, Valiant8086 via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> In in my opinion, LiDAR guided robo vacs are better for blind people usually. If you can aford it, roborock S6 or something along that line might make you very happy, our roborock S6 sure is excellent  for us.
>> LiDAR doesn’t need lighting present in your house, so if you are sleeping or a blind person not bothering to have lights on you won’t be causing your robovac not to able to tell where it is. I pretty highly recommend against getting a basic dumb one, they take more work to run than just vacuuming on your own. Just look for whole home mapping. Roborocks pretty much all have that with the s series, and the s series from 360, but I don’t know any blind people who use a 360 so we don’t know how usable they are for us. roborocks have speech output, and the app isn’t too terribly useless. About the only thing you can’t do is edit the map, dividing into rooms and being able to set no go zones and such.
>>
>> Instead, we just close doors. I was able to configure our schedule and whatnot on my own. I really like our roborock. We call it rocky. It sends alerts to the app when it gets stuck, needs something done such as sensor cleaning, or just when starting / stoqands pcheduled clean. You can read battery level, current clean time, progress on the current cleaning job, like 585 sq ft cleaned so far. when something is wrong, it repeats the spoken message a few times, making it easier to find it if you didn’t hear it the first time. Overall, well thought out, and prices are reasonable.
>>
>> Roomba uses VSLAM, which is a camera pointed at the ceiling to navigate. it works, but poor lighting will mess it up, and it is not as immediately accurate as LiDAR Neato made the first famous LiDar guided robovac, and they still have some that don’t need wiFi at all, just go for one that is not called bot vac connected, but look out for touch screens, they do have one.  360 are   cheapest by far so if you want to take a chance in term of accessibility, that is your option.
>>
>> Amazon used to sell old used roomba 980's so you can try that if you want top of the line roomba for pocket change, about 150 buck for a machine that originally sold for about $900 give or take
>>
>>
>> On December 19, 2021 3:00:58 PM wmodnl wmodnl via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Thanks everyone for feedback… Have a great Sunday.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Dec 19, 2021, at 14:25, Dennis Miller via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> I agree!  I have had a Roomba for a little over a year and am very happy
>>>> with it.  The app is easy to use and I don't have a problem with her getting
>>>> stuck on chair legs.  She does a fantastic job of getting into corners and
>>>> getting under things.
>>>> The more you use it the better she gets to know your house.
>>>> Dennis
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of joseph hudson via Electronics-Talk
>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2021 1:14 PM
>>>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>>> Cc: joseph hudson
>>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Rumba:
>>>> The Roomba 980 works well. And is able to get into corners and what not.
>>>> Occasionally she will get stuck under things. But once you get to know what
>>>> she gets stuck under and you get it moved properly, it's a great device. And
>>>> as far as the app, it's a great deal. I'm able to tell when she needs
>>>> cleaned and if I want to I can set her on a schedule.
>>>>>> On Dec 19, 2021, at 8:28 AM, wmodnl wmodnl via Electronics-Talk
>>>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> Anyone have one of these even the basic one,  does anyone have tips or for
>>>> using mobile application?
>>>>> Thanks
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