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Neato intelligent robot vacuums are a perfect addition to any wish list or gift registry. The D-shape advantage With a brush that’s nearly double the size of those on standard round robot vacuums, Neato gets into corners and along walls more effectively than competitors. The Neato Botvac 65 is a robotic vacuum that was sold exclusively at COSTCO, which has unfortunately been discontinued. This robot functions exactly like the standard models of the Neato Botvac, however, this model does not have the side brushes built in. It uses an infrared laser that maps the room and cleans the area it has mapped.

The Neato Robtics recently released a firmware update for their vacuums. This update brings some enhancements to their already great device and owners should install it when they have the opportunity.

There is a problem with this update though, it does not support Windows 8! While Win8 is the newest OS from Microsoft, it has been around long enough now where this type of issue should be a thing of the past. Since it is not, those of us who happen to have both a Neato Vacuum and Windows 8 PCs are unable to update the vacuum using the method detailed by Neato.

There is, however, a workaround which requires no technical skill. Simply follow the steps below and you’ll be able to get your machine updated just like everyone else on the legacy operating systems!

1- On your PC, expand the Charms menu and select “Settings”

2- At the bottom, select “Change PC Settings”

3- Select General

4- At the bottom, select “Restart Now” under “Advanced startup” (your computer will restart)

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5- Select Troubleshoot

6- Select Advanced Options

7- Select Startup settings

8- Select Restart

9- Type “7” for “Disable driver signature enforcement” (your computer will restart)

10- Go to the Neato Robotics Support page and select “Install Neato Updater Tool” http://www.neatorobotics.com/support/software-updates/

11- When the installer runs, Windows Security will warn of the unsigned driver:

12- Select “Install this driver software anyway”.

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13- The install completes:

Only released in EOL distros:

neato_robot: 2dnav_neato | neato_driver | neato_node
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This is a generic drivers for the Neato XV-11 Robotic Vacuum. ROS Bindings can be found in the neato_node package.

  • Author: Michael Ferguson
  • License: BSD
  • Source: svn https://albany-ros-pkg.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/neato_robot
neato_robot: 2dnav_neato | neato_driver | neato_node
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This is a generic drivers for the Neato XV-11 Robotic Vacuum. ROS Bindings can be found in the neato_node package.

  • Author: Michael Ferguson
  • License: BSD
  • Source: svn https://albany-ros-pkg.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/neato_robot
neato_robot: neato_2dnav | neato_driver | neato_node
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This is a generic drivers for the Neato XV-11 Robotic Vacuum.

  • Maintainer: Michael Ferguson <ferguson AT cs.albany DOT edu>
  • Author: Michael Ferguson
  • License: BSD
  • Source: git https://github.com/mikeferguson/neato_robot.git (branch: groovy-devel)
neato_robot: neato_2dnav | neato_driver | neato_node

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Package LinksDependencies (2)
Used by (2)

This is a generic drivers for the Neato XV-11 Robotic Vacuum.

  • Maintainer: Michael Ferguson <ferguson AT cs.albany DOT edu>
  • Author: Michael Ferguson
  • License: BSD
  • Source: git https://github.com/mikeferguson/neato_robot.git (branch: hydro-devel)

Neato Robotics Vacuum Drivers

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