Quick Summary
• Maker’s Pet launches Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum built with a 3D printer and Raspberry Pi June 30
Additional Context
Maker’s Pet has launched Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum that users build themselves from a 3D-printed chassis, a Raspberry Pi, and an inexpensive 2D LiDAR sensor. The robot runs ROS 2 with the Nav2 stack, integrates natively with Home Assistant, and operates entirely offline. All hardware, firmware, and software are released under the Apache 2.0 license.
The project is early. Creator Ilia O. is developing Oomwoo in public “from the first commit,” and the current v0 milestone covers the 3D-printed chassis, a ROS 2 Gazebo simulation, and LiDAR mapping with manual SLAM. There are no build instructions yet, and the compute choice between a Raspberry Pi 5, an ESP32 running micro-ROS, or both is still undecided. The first bill of materials is targeted for around mid-July.
The robot is spl