Vacuum robot software update: wall-following cleaning and a fully automatic 'torture course' demo
kamathsblog · x · 2026-09-19
A developer shares a mid-week progress update on vacuum robot software: the robot can now clean along walls and completes a simulated "torture course" fully automatically. The project is still work in progress, demonstrating practical navigation and path-planning results.
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