Roborock S8 teardown

I recently acquired the new S8 from Roborock to replace my rapidly failing roomba.

While I am patiently waiting for Dennis and Hypfer to add Valetudo support, I thought I’d have a peek inside to see if this model will be any more serviceable or maintainable than my current vacuum.

From what I’m told, the S7 and the S8 are supposed to be pretty similar so here’s to hoping that it’s not too much more of a wait.

This is another one of those quick “I wish that was easier to find when I was googling it” posts.

For a project, I needed a small relay module to switch a few mains loads. I chose this generic looking relay module from AliExpress because it was powered by an ESP32 and featured ethernet connectivity.

AliExpress is full of generic looking relay modules but this one is branded dingtian-tech