Trippy Time-Lapse Video Shows What Robots in the Home Can Do

How a vacuum cleaner inspired a super psychedelic time-lapse video.
Tara MacIsaac
3/30/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Gavin Heffernan got a ROOMBA robot vacuum cleaner, and it not only cleaned his floor, it also gave him artistic inspiration. 

In this video, which Heffernan calls “ROOMBACALYPSE,” the little robot creates a suitably psychedelic scene with a futuristic feel. 

Heffernan wrote in a caption that accompanies the video: “I decided to try and attach different lights to the top and shoot some timelapses. I then ”stacked“ the images the same way I would create star trails, using STARSTAX. The result was a psychedelic look that I had a lot of fun with!”

ALSO SEE Heffernan’s time-lapse video from the California desert: Life Is Beautiful, If You Didn’t Already Know: Amazing Time-Lapse Video

To see more of Heffernan’s work, visit the Sunchaser Pictures Facebook page

ROOMBACALYPSE from Sunchaser Pictures on Vimeo.