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Comment by throwaway219450 | original | Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself
[−]throwaway219450 · 2026-07-02 Thu 03:38 UTC · link
The issue I have is the documentation and “status” is slop. Looking at the repo, how much of it is even real?

There’s supposed to be a build-along on YouTube but nothing there yet. The BoM is a bunch of aliexpress modules which is ok, but what about the chassis? Is that image generated?

The RFC calls to generate accurate models for the components, but the render looks like a full assembly?

[−]fluidcruft · 2026-07-02 Thu 03:45 UTC · link
When they get to the point of shipping a kit, why would I care? It's open source, just fix things. It's not rocket science, I'm just no good at working out the baseline machine that has parts to do the things. So I can't help at this point.

I don't expect a finished product. The value to me is the customizability and figuring out how to make it do what I want it to do. I'm sure that's not for everyone but like I have fingers. I can type. I can fix things. Slop is perfectly fine as a first draft because I'm envisioning a community of builders not a bunch of entitled twats who should just buy a Roomba.

[−]progval · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:52 UTC · link
But it's not even a first draft. There are only pictures and markdown files.
[−]actionfromafar · 2026-07-02 Thu 07:08 UTC · link
> This is genuinely early — and that’s the point

Mmm I love the smell of slop in the morning

[−]taffydavid · 2026-07-02 Thu 08:01 UTC · link
You're right to push back