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minus-squarepapertowels@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoIn case anyone’s interested, there’s actually open-source self-hosted robot vacuum firmware for select models
minus-squarejaschen306@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoThis is great, but outside the security aspects of things. What else can this firmware do that I can’t with say, the roborock? Am I giving up functions?
minus-squarepapertowels@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoUnfortunately you’ll have to do your own research, I only know this exists and have never used it because my vacuum is incompatible.
In case anyone’s interested, there’s actually open-source self-hosted robot vacuum firmware for select models
This is great, but outside the security aspects of things. What else can this firmware do that I can’t with say, the roborock? Am I giving up functions?
Unfortunately you’ll have to do your own research, I only know this exists and have never used it because my vacuum is incompatible.