
LASER Roomba
initial testing
iRobot Create-II
An iRobot Create-II (Roomba 960) controlled by a Raspberry PI and a Sick LASER scanner. Built with ROS2.
Started: August 01, 2025
Team: 1 members
Lead: Alan Kilian
Using an iRobot Create-II as a base and a Neato XV11 lidar (Replaced by a SICK lidar), this is a simple ROS2 development platform for me to learn SLAM.
I started it just before COVID and then couldn't work on it at home because the dog IMMEDIATELY attacked it everytime it moved. Restarted in 2025 so I updated to a new Raspberry PI and ROS2. I'm just getting back to where I was when I stopped the ROS1 implementation.
Software
ROS2 Jazzy. [iRobot Create-II documentation] (https://edu.irobot.com/learning-library/getting-started-with-create-2)
Hardware
iRobot Create-II Raspberry PI 5 USB battery pack Sick LIDAR