Connecting an old Roomba robot vacuum to a home automation platform

Integrating home automation into a 16-year-old product The Roomba is one of the first robot vacuum cleaners, marketed in 2002. This technology was revolutionary for its time and quite expensive. Nowadays, many manufacturers offer Wi-Fi-connected robot vacuums with countless features. I remember that we had one of these robots when I was little. After searching a bit, I found it under stacked boxes. This robot is the Roomba 551, which was marketed in 2008 and brought automatic cleaning scheduling at the time....

August 31, 2024 · 7 min · Redwan Benmansour

A DIY solution for monitoring consumption with Home Assistant

A solution for monitoring electricity and water consumption, integrated into the Home Assistant home automation environment

July 22, 2024 · 8 min · Redwan Benmansour

GEII students from the Indre IUT present their « Ball and Beam » project at the national EEA Club competition.

Châteauroux, IUT de l’Indre, le 13 mai 2024. As part of the EEA Club’s « My project in 5 minutes » competition, students Roman Couet and Redwan Benmansour are submitting their video entries today. Their goal:’ to win the competition and the €2,000 prize.

May 13, 2024 · 2 min · Redwan Benmansour