Crossgeposted von: https://feddit.de/post/263522
Valetudo is the de-facto-standard open-source software solution for cloud-free vacuum robots empowering thousands of users. Since it was started in 2018, it has matured to a reliable fire-and-forget solution that just works.
Word of warning, make sure your dog/cat doesn’t poop where the robot can get to it. There’s a really gross image that went viral a few years ago where a roomba ran over a dog turd and smeared it all over the house. I thought “how often could that possibly happen?” Until our family got a puppy, who still poops indoors on a pad we put on the floor, and literally within two months it fucking happened. Dog pooped, we didn’t notice, roomba got to it first. All this happened within three minutes. FUUUUUUUCK!
Surprisingly, I am aware of this. The exact same situation happened to my friend. Twice! His dog is housebroken, but he must’ve had an upset stomach while his owner was away. Best part is, when the dog wants to relieve himself while the owner’s away, he usually does it in a corner of the room, one that would take the roomba some effort to get to. And by golly, got to it it did. On two separate occasions. And then it got to all the rooms and all the carpets.
As you implied, it’s not as uncommon as one would think. Roombas need a poop detector.