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Top 3 committers is: some org account, another org account but with “.ai” in it, claudeEDIT: they are not only the top 3 committers, they are the only 3 committers
EDIT0: repo is all screenshots and markdown files, another one has a trivial amount of code also written with ai
Thank you for saving me the time I would have wasted getting excited about this
Well there is nothing to be excited about, the entire repo is empty with only a bunch of readme files. Zero code has been written ai or not.
It’s open source. Feel free to write your own software, or pay someone to do it for you.
“Here is a beautiful piece of art. You say it’s just a blank piece of paper? Please feel free to draw your own art on it, and then it will be as I said.”
I know the real news here is the hardware, but it is still funny…
The thing is… it’s not blank. It’s painted, but someone complains no that the art is bad, but that they don’t like how it was painted. Well, nobody is forcing you to look at it, you can even paint it yourself.
Isn’t the repo basically blank…?
Don’t use any operating systems and most major websites then because theyre all using a coding agent now. It’s just the way the industry is going at the moment
edit: Linux uses
Claudecopilot ffs. It needs to be noted as an AI contribution and needs human review but Linux and Windows definitely use AI coding agents and I guarantee Apple does too. Be in denial all you want. I’m not advocating for them, I’m stating the reality of the industry right now.linux kernel code scrutiny is extreme
random vibe coded github repo code scrutiny is none at all
The difference between Linux and this random repository is that Linux has very strict code quality control, this repo and other thousand of projects (including winvibe 11) don’t;
If everyone had a strict policy of “AI as an help only and not as a replacement” and quality control, then i wouldn’t complain at all but we aren’t at that point yet and i doubt we will ever be
Lemmy users don’t care about reality, you’re talking to a brick wall basically.
Go tell this to a fencepost near your home.
Read it and weep. From April 2026 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-lays-down-the-law-on-ai-generated-code-yes-to-copilot-no-to-ai-slop-and-humans-take-the-fall-for-mistakes-after-months-of-fierce-debate-torvalds-and-maintainers-come-to-an-agreement
Again I am not advocating for AI coding agents but they ARE BEING USED in major applications. Unplug or accept a lot of software/websites you use are using coding agents
That’s exactly why I don’t like Linux that damn CIA project. Once I leave parents’ crib, imma sell my best laptop (with no parents looking at me like an absolute moron) then get a ThinkPad T450p from a crackhead and then get someone else to buy that one MacBook CPU with an adapter board from Aliexpress and give that to me so that I can finally compute in peace with some BSD.
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Valid.
I don’t see that as a problem. A vacuum cleaner isn’t critical infrastructure and shouldn’t be connected to the internet, so no security concerns. Worst case scenario it ruins your carpet. Majority of the work here will be done on hardware side it seems.
There’s 0 code thus far. What “code” does exist is all just readme.md for various ros modules. Getting upset about the guy using ai seems a little premature.
There’s another repo with a Docker file and that was all written with Claude too for some reason. Though I don’t see why in the ever living fuck this would need Docker.
Also, why are we even getting excited over a vacuum cleaner existing as a pile of markdown files talking about it? There are lots of these, actually.
Not sure what’s up with docker.
I understand some excitement though. Initially reading this I thought it was a more mature project that it is and something like this that’s fully open source would be a nice change from all the projects that talk about replacing firmware but then turn out to run on one version of hardware that hasn’t been sold in at least five years.
They don’t have any code yet but 3 slopgen accounts are already connected. It’s worse, it’s actually worse.
So? The repository is empty did you even check it. There is no code in it at all.
And 3 accounts are already “contributing”. That’s not better. It’s worse.
Ty 😊
As time goes on I’m hoping more products like this that give what was once only possible via locked down proprietary software a new open and repairable life as theres many new products and tech that I see but could never use unless I’d want to just upload everything I do to whoevers servers and pray that they don’t get breached.
https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/
The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts. We’re developing open source industrial machines that can be made at a fraction of commercial costs, and sharing our designs online for free.
okay I clicked quite a few of those, And afaict, only the house is past the “planning” stage
Need to do this with a lot of home appliances.
It looks like a DVD rewinder.
Be kind, vacuum my floor
Looking for ways to keep my old one running as long as possible. it’s that roboroc xiaomi platform and it has been supper easy to get spare parts. I replaced entire wheel sections batteries and such.
There is a software that replaces the Xiaomi app and that would be the next project.
No need to phone home to china all the time.
What software?
I think this one
https://valetudo.cloud/pages/general/supported-robots/
Needs a custom firmware installed. But then I am free to use it even if the official app no longer exists.
Can confirm it works and is great. I’m even running a Glados voice pack on it that insults me while it cleans.
Only issue I’ve had the whole time was actually this week when I finally updated the valetudo re version to support the new home assistant MQTT format and the update got stuck but that was an easy fix once I worked out what it was.
Can it say ouch when you kick it or say let me down when you pick it up?
I did try the ‘ouch’ feature and that was fun for all of 10 minutes and then it moved very quickly into annoying so that feature got disabled.
This is it. I’ve done it last month, and besides having all the control of my s7, I swear that the robot is faster??!
I just want one where the storage the vac empties out into is on the side so it can slide under a couch.
These things take so much damn space and for some reason they didn’t figure out there is a bunch of real estate underneath shit.
Delete this comment, sell idea to a company, profit! But in all seriousness this is a smart idea.
While this is a cool idea, if you read the article, it’s only an idea. Seems like nothing but a reference design has actually been made. Hoping to see it progress, but we shall see.
Concept of a vacuum.
Yeah, over the years I’ve learned to not hold my breath about any interesting announcement. Though I’m at the point now where I don’t really care either way and feel like pointing it out for any specific project just feels overly pessimistic. Just let them cook or contribute knowing there’s never a guarantee it’ll come to fruition.
Awesome estimated cost of doing it?
Consider working with some manufacturer to sell it, as HA compatible, not spying vacuum robot.
Ooh, this might be a great project for my wife and I to build together
I can’t even get my wife to build a Lego set with me 🤣
I’ve got to share time on the 3d printer now she’s got the hang of it, we don’t have room for 2. But it’s still great to see!
Oh the physical part is all me, she just wants to do the computer stuff lol. But yeah she’s been interested in some projects where she can program and I can build.
If I have an old Roomba can I hack a new brain into it? I’ve got a Raspberry Pi and a soldering iron and a willingness to break them for science. Never done much hardware hacking though.
Technically yes GPIO -> pin headers of each physical control.
Awesome project! I would love to buy some robovacs, but I don’t want some unknown entitity mapping our home and whatnot. Our maid would love it too. Being done earlier for the same pay 😁
Just use valetudo in this case it works great
Oh. Wow. Thanks. Last time I checked the market it was horrible and then I just gave up on robovacs. Too many different to reverse engineer every single one. But great, gonna check this one out deeply. Thanks man.
The setup is fairly involved and not super beginner friendly however I finally came across and finished to flash my robot a few weeks ago and i don’t notice any difference vs the stock firmware when using home assistant, beside the fact that its no longer connecting to all these random servers in China. It really is a wonderful project!
Sounds great! Although I less worry about Chinese servers than american servers 😁 I would even be fine if it were shittier then, or totally manual programming or whatever. Just not clouds that get data I know nothing about and have no agency over it.
Is “OOMWOO” an onomatopoeia for a vacuum cleaner’s sounds?
Is there a word for a palindrome that works when you rotate it 180 degrees?
About the name: “oomwoo” is a rotational ambigram — it reads the same flipped 180°, just like the robot itself roaming your floor in every direction.
Taken from the blog post.
the robot vac i have had for 3 years is the dumbest machine. goes over the same areas multiple times a session. has a manual steer setting but if i gotta steer it, whats the point of robotics? finally gave up and got a dust mop.
At the risk of sounding like an ad, roborock (xiaomi) makes fantastic vacuums. Great navigation, great cleaning performance, obstacle avoidance (cables, socks, etc) depends on the model.
They do offer a meter interface if you want to have it offline, but I’m quite happy with the (cloud based) app, allows a bit more control.
It integrates with home assistant but it sometimes goes “unavailable”, the matter integration is a bit more stable for that.
I sure other manufacturers also have great ones, check “vacuum wars” on YouTube.
Awesome project. So cool DIYers can build something like this now (with a lot of help from the project owner)!
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