Create your own personal home robot, win a prize

The makers of Roomba - iRobot - also sell a kit called “iRobot Create”, which lets you create your own robots. This year there was a contest with a $5,000 prize to see who could create the best robot using iRobot Create:

Personal Home Robot Wins iRobot’s Create Challenge

The winner has described his entry and provided videos of it in action on this page:

iRobot Create Personal Home Robot

Here are the contest rules from May 2007:

How to enter the iRobot Create Challenge

Here is more info on iRobot Create: Get Serious with iRobot Create