Roomba Meets Alexa

Written by  on June 1, 2019 

Amazon Alexa can control the iRobot Roomba vacuum. iRobot Home mobile app goes through the steps to connect Roomba to Amazon Alexa:

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  • On Main Menu selected Smart Home
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  • Selected Amazon Alexa
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  • Follow the instructions to link the iRobot Home account to the Amazon Alexa account
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In Amazon Alexa mobile app select Skills & Games from the Main Menu.

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Enter string “iRobot Home” in the skill Search field. Alexa finds a new device easily and connects to its account. Once the skill is enabled and Alexa and iRobot accounts are linked I can use  Alexa commands to start the vacuum, stop, pause, locate, check status and send it back.

In addition to the usual ways to control Roomba: buttons on top of the vacuum and the iRobot mobile app, with Amazon Alexa I can use voice commands, like:

  • “Alexa, ask Roomba to start cleaning”
  • “Alexa, ask Roomba to stop cleaning”
  • “Alexa, ask Roomba to pause cleaning”
  • “Alexa, ask Roomba where it is”
  • “Alexa, tell Roomba I found it”
  • “Alexa, ask Roomba what its status is”
  • “Alexa, ask Roomba to go home”

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