Any suggestions for a good robot vacuum + mop?
Any suggestions for a good robot vacuum + mop?
Hi everyone!
I currently have a Neato D7 with a broken brush motor. It's 3 years old, so no more warranty.
Given that Neato is shutting down, I want to buy a new vacuum altogether.
Here's my wishlist:
- Home Assistant integration (duh)
- Vacuum + mopping
- Local control would be cherry on top
- LIDAR navigation (we run it mostly during the night)
- Easy to service & reliable (should be easy to service the robot and buy replacement parts)
Any suggestions / recommendations?
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Piggybacking your post a bit: Does anyone know a autonomous vacuum that does not rely on a cloud and directly integrates with home assistant only?
I would install valetudo which cuts all communication with the cloud and allows full local control
I hacked my old Roomba to do this by hardwiring an ESP8266 to its serial port. I control it directly through MQTT, though in hindsight using ESPHome would have been simpler. That was a fun project!
That sounds very nice! Do you by chance have any documantaion that you could/would share?
Sure do! I loosely followed this guide, but ended up rolling my own code: https://www.thesmarthomehookup.com/upgrade-your-old-roomba-to-a-smart-botvac-for-5/
Thank you!
I’d be curious about one, as well, considering the AWS outage the other day which prevented me from using my Roomba.