Roomba 800 - where to start ?
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Is there some demo or tutorial to understand the capabilities of a roomba 896 with ROS1/2 ? @brownem
Is it possible to e.g. run the navigation stack on it ?
If not which vacuum cleaning robot would be currently the best option to both clean and play with ROS ?
I'm not aware of any demos.
Also, I'm not sure the Roomba has sufficient sensors to run something like the navigation stack. You'll likely want to add a range sensor like a LIDAR or 3D camera or array of sonars. These extra sensors should be driven by a separate computer (like the create_robot driver) and you'd have to figure out how to mount everything to the robot.
In the past, I've toyed around with a battery-powered Raspberry Pi to control the Create platform (e.g. to remote control it or drive it around in simple patterns), but I never attempted running the navigation stack.
I'm going to close this ticket since it is more of a general question, not specifically about the create_robot driver. You might have luck asking your question on ROS Answers or on Discourse.
If you happen to have a Roomba 800, you can try connecting a computer to it's serial port and run this driver. If it's successful, you should see a list of ROS topics that you can interact with to drive it around and get sensor values (e.g. the bumpers).