[quote=“abraham, post:156, topic:177812”]Hi i am one of the members of the Thinking Cleaner development team and let me clarify some details on questions here.
Although we cannot be on every forum we try to be as responsive as possible.
First and foremost: we are not in the market to talk bad about other initiatives, RooWiFi was one of the first to bridge the serial port to WiFi for engineers to have fun with. The main difference is the target audience for the product. We really tried to make a consumer product by having all electronics embedded in a specially designed faceplate that would be installable and usable by non technical users.
Next, we spent a lot of tuning time in the power-consumption of the device, to minimise the power draw without limiting the functionality. To do this, we use a build in CPU that can work autonomously so we save power on wireless transmission and can do intelligent things like setting timers and schedules without limits. Finally, we created applications for iOS, including HomeKit integration, and Android that can handle multiple devices in one app, and focussed on the user experience. Even blind or visually disabled people can use the app by using Voiceover (spoken interface). We eliminated technical hurdles with NAT routers for non techies (although you could tune this by running your own server) and topped this with very functional elements like the possibility to schedule timers that trigger when you leave (geofencing).
Why do some people already have units?
Since our goal was to create a consumer product we wanted to feel safe before shipping to a wide non technical audience. We chose to allow a group of “techie” users that were proactively interested in our product to register for the first production batch of around 100 units,… Although we are a small team and we have Industrial Design, Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering and UX people in the team we are still human and make mistakes… We wanted this group of first adoption users to give us feedback that had a technical foundation so is was easy to exchange. We set this up on purpose so we tuned the details step by step.
Why are we on Kickstarter?
Every team-member truly is fully engaged in the project and we all funded the start with our own savings and investments from business done earlier. This was a great start to build the PCB and most importantly create the very expensive mould for plastic production for the 500/600 and a first small production run of around 100 units to testdrive.
For the second batch of around 1600 units we decided to go to kickstarter and this gave us the chance to probe the demand, second we could test the demand for the 700/800 series we already designed the faceplate for.
Is kickstarter the right platform to do this?
YES we think kickstarter is a great way to finance projects based un real users demand, however some users are a little scared to donate because they don’t trust the creator to deliver on the promise. To clarify you only pay if there are enough colleague backers to reach the goal,… if the goal is not reached you don’t pay anything. The number of backers indicate the number of trustees in the product. But if the goal is reached you have to trust the creators to deliver on the promise, absolutely true.
That is why we think we can only win your trust by being as open and responsive as possible. We are not perfect but we do our uttermost best, that is the beauty of kickstarter. We believe in it !!! If we make it or not .
Hope i could clarify our project on kickstarter, it is up to you if you trust us to deliver on the promise.
Abraham[/quote]
Para bens pelo ?timo trabalho!!
Ol?, estou querendo adquirir uma unidade pra trabalhar no roomba 620, modelo este que ? vendido no Brasil. Quais s?o os comandos que o plugin realiza no Ui7? Ou seja, o que eu posso controlar via Vera?
For goods for the great work !!
Hello, I am trying to purchase a unit to work on Roomba 620, this model is sold in Brazil. What are the commands that the plugin performs in Ui7? That is, what I can control via Vera?
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Augusto
