Today at a white elephant lunch party for my work I managed to come away with a pretty fun gift. I got a little robo vacum (typo intentional). At first I thought it would be great to have a little robot vacuum running around my desk. I’ve already obtained two used roombas for other projects and thought this could be fun. But it turns out the thing is just a stylized vacuum, no robot included.
Well I figure I have two choices. I can save this thing until next year and re-gift it at the next holiday party. Or, even better, I can mod the thing in my free time. I like option 2 better, personally, and have already thought about adding a little Larson scanner to give it a cylon personality, some motors and wheels to replace the arms, and a few IR sensors to give it behavioral awareness. When you take out the vacuum it turns out there is a lot of room inside, so I could definitely do more there. If you have ideas then let me know.
