Valetudo: Open-source cloud replacement for vacuum robots

In case anyone has the Roborock S5 and wants to use Valetudo, I wrote a small HowTo on how to install it using a Mac (I found the original guide a little confusing).<p>Link to the guide: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;flodan.github.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;articles&#x2F;roborock-valetudo-macos.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;flodan.github.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;articles&#x2F;roborock-valetudo-mac...</a><p>Maybe it is helpful to someone

For anyone confused, this is not an &quot;Open Source Cloud&quot; replacement, but and &quot;Open Source&quot; &quot;Cloud Replacement&quot;. A way to have the vacuum robot become cloud-free.

I enjoyed my Neato XV-11 back in 2010. It had laser room mapping and planning, automatic self-charging as needed, and scheduling back when Roomba was the only alternative and only offered &quot;bounce in random directions&quot; robots. No software, cloud or otherwise, required. Scheduling was done on a small screen on the vacuum itself. I gave it away to someone else after 8 years.

I&#x27;d love to use this with my Roborock S4, because from what I can tell it works better with the open software than with Xiaomi&#x27;s cloud software (and you drop the cloud requirement). But from what I remember it&#x27;s quite an involved process, starting with <i>completely</i> disassembling the device. In hindsight, I should have bought a different device, but back then no such guidance was available.

I used to be a huge fan of robot vacuums back when I had hardwood floors. When I switched to a house with carpets, I noticed my socks were never really clean and my kids started having allergies. So I bought the super-ultimate-mega model of a standard old fashioned vacuum (which cost less than half of a Roomba) and that significantly improved both my sock situation and my kids&#x27; allergies. For carpets, I don&#x27;t think these tiny vacuums can compete with the powerful standard ones, the floors just don&#x27;t get as clean as they can get.

From TFA:<p>---<p>The Apache-2.0 license is a very permissive license and a lot of work is being shared for free here, so I trust people to not take advantage of that and sell Valetudo; especially not as their own work. Please don’t disappoint me. Thank you.<p>---<p>If you want to build a community of contributors and deter freeloaders - that&#x27;s exactly what GPL is for.<p>Apache-2.0 is designed to allow people to proprietarize Valetudo and use it in closed-source devices.

We need this for:<p>* &quot;Smart&quot; homes<p>* Electric Vehicles<p>* &quot;Power Walls&quot;<p>And everything else tied to an internet connection

There&#x27;s a big list of robots, but is there a &quot;best&quot; to buy? Like, the one they recommend in their forums or something? My vacuum and thermostat are the last two parts of my home automation with any need to connect outside of my home network, and I&#x27;m always looking out for a good way to remedy that. This looks amazing.

Shame it isn&#x27;t available for any Botvac models. Their software is atrocious.

Thank you for posting this, I&#x27;m always keeping an eye out for self-hosted replacements for the &quot;home convenience but with cloud-based strings attached&quot;...

Valetudo is not a custom firmware<p>Scrolling down<p>Building the firmware

+1 for this project, I&#x27;m glad it&#x27;s getting visibility. It&#x27;s an excellent add-on for the robots that are compatible, especially for all the privacy-conscious people that want smart devices in their homes.

I&#x27;d like a vacuum that picks up hairs with no suction and is super quiet. Anything that accomplishes this? I really hate the sound of a vacuum and have some hairy animals in the house.

Does anyone know whether the Roborock S7 + empty station is supported? I saw someone on GitHub talking about this model, but on the website it isn&#x27;t listed.

Wow, I didn’t know this was a thing! I have to look more into this when I’m back on my computer but does this work with home assistant?

Does anyone have any recommendations for a vacuum bot? I remember seeing a roomba years ago and it seemed fairly silly.

Super cool. My next vacuum robot will be one that works best with this system.

I run valetudo with OpenHAB. No cloud needed just a little rPI.

Strange name “worth everything” or “worth it all”

As a native Portuguese speaker, the project&#x27;s name confused the hell out of me. Vale Tudo is Portuguese for &quot;everything goes&quot; or &quot;no holds barred&quot;, and is the name of a Brazilian combat sport.<p>Turns out Valetudo is the Roman name of the Greek goddess of cleanliness, Hygieia (which is where we get the word hygiene from)