Kotaku: Roomba

Octorok, Koopa, Goomba, Roomba

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:00:00 EDT

Four Roombas swept across the floor at this year's SUPER iam8bit art show, recreations of the most memorable low-ranking bad guys from Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. Thanks to iam8bit, you can now see those Nintendo-fied Roombas in video action. More »

Next Week on Breaking Bad: Blow Versus Zombies

Mike Fahey — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:20:00 EDT

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In next week's episode of the AMC hit Breaking Bad, Jesse convinces two of his pals to dip into a little cocaine, spawning an insightful conversation about Left 4 Dead, Resident Evil 4, and Call of Duty: World at War. More »

Dustbusting Blinky's Got Pac-Roomba on the Run

Owen Good — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:00 EST

Roomba Pac-Man? Done before, but mostly as a cosmetic enhancement. Here it's taken to the next level - five Roombas (~~Roombi?~~ Roombae, thanks Greentrace) engaged in a contest of Pac-Man with programmed "chase" and "escape" AI. More »

Wii Roomba: Surf Your Way to Cleaner Floors

Owen Good — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT

This gentleman, "Ron" Tajima has managed a Balance Board hack that manages to defeat the basic purpose of a Roomba's existence. But, it's awesome. He's used the Wii Balance Board's Bluetooth capability to link it with the poky-slow vacuum-cleaning robot. He steers the Roomba by the direction he leans. More »

Clips: Wii-Controlled Roomba

Brian Crecente — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:00:54 EST

Chris Huges spend way too much time with his Roomba, but the end result of this unholy relationship is a snazzy and totally unnecessary way to control your robot vacuuming Roomba. Brian Crecente More »

Roomba Frogger Makes Me Sad

Brian Crecente — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:00:50 EST

The Make Magazine folk took a Roomba vaccum cleaner and turned it into a Roomba Frogger. They slapped the white vaccum cleaner in a green t-shirt and then created arm, legs and eyes with paper cups. More »