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Re:Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum – Meet Oomwoo by teddyh on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @09:59PM (#48755530)
No information about whether it will run Valetudo.
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Re:Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum – Meet Oomwoo by darlachaps on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @11:21PM (#48756122)
Why would it run Valetudo? Thats a product for rooted, closed-source vacuums.

Let alone why would someone want to attract the toxic culture that is the Valetudo creator and community?

This project seems like AI slop, but at this point that’s better than toxic dictators.

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Re:Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum – Meet Oomwoo by breznev on Thursday July 02, 2026 @01:29AM (#48756901)
Heh that was my first thought upon seeing this headline: how will the Valetudo guy contort himself to get upset about this to the tune of an unhinged screed this time?
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Re:Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum – Meet Oomwoo by fh973 on Thursday July 02, 2026 @01:39AM (#48756970)
Valetudo is an API proxy to control robots via an associated app in order to avoid vendor clouds.

It is not a robot firmware and has no role here.

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Re:Building an Open-Source Robot Vacuum – Meet Oomwoo by kadoban on Thursday July 02, 2026 @06:24AM (#48759160)
It could still be the UI for this, if they wanted to, and they just implement the guts behind it with that in mind. It's not everything, but the UI is still something you can ~skip.
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