Instead being a robot vacuum cleaner, people are trying to make it into pet’s vehicle. Remember the cat that rides Roomba? Now take a look on hamster.

“The hamster controls the robot by running in the ball in whatever direction he/she likes. The ball is supported on three rollers and an optical sensor measures which way and how fast the ball is spinning. Those values are fed into a microprocessor that controls the drive wheels to make the robot mimic the motion of the ball.”

Video after the break.

[via Neatorama]