TEAR DOWN / TAKE A PART iRobot Braava M6 Mopping Robot. What makes this Cool Robot work 🤔 Skittles?

[@danielthan44]

Oh my why soooooo many screws, also I also make EVERYTHING into a million parts lol Also why 1am???

[@RobotMasters]

Hahahaha, Now the tricky part putting everything back together with all the screws in it and to see if the M6 will ever Mop again 🤔🤔😥😥😥 PS got home at 12:30 am, so I decided to tear into one of my robots lol

[@danielthan44]

Robot Masters lol l like your personality

[@RobotMasters]

Thanks 😮😮😮😎😎😎

[@edisonpayton7950]

@Porter Cooper yea, have been watching on Kaldrostream for months myself :D

[@kennetharthur5188]

@Porter Cooper definitely, have been watching on Kaldrostream for since december myself =)

[@sarasergiodidonnamasa714]

hello, I also have a Brava jet m6 and for 1 month has gone crazy comes out of the station rotates on itself all the time. I sent her for service and they told me that the electronic unit is defective. Could you tell me the name of the piece to be replaced? or where to find it?

[@Enigma758]

8:18 - Do you happen to know how the 3 wire distance sensor works?

[@Enigma758]

I may be able to answer my own question. I think the IR sensor is only used to navigate to the docking station, but I could be wrong. I think it uses an internal camera for navigation. But anyone feel free to correct me if you have different information.

[@DarrenPauli]

9:10 water sensor / float sensor / error 37 fill the tank. (i was just dropping all that in as keywords for anyone searching this annoyingly common fault). Thanks for this. Any idea how to rewire to bypass the water sensor such that it considers it always full? It seems extreme I know but I cannot get the part in Australia - they flat out refuse to ship it and all the repairers have confirmed it is not available. The ordinary fixes (loosening the float mechanism, reducing the gap between the float and the sensor) do not work so I am happy to simply refill it after each mop so it stays full. Otherwise, it's a dead robot. Hasn't worked for at least a year, with maybe one or two exceptions. Cheers!!

[@cuentasagregadas845]

Hello, 1 of the 2 mop contacts oxidized and rotted and no longer charges, the rest is perfect, how do you fix it? is there a fix?

[@DarrenPauli]

9:08 water tank sensor. Thanks for this Nathan! Rekon if I cut and wired two of the wires (not sure which) together I could bypass the water sensor? I have an empty tank "fill the tank" error that is perpetual and isn't resolved through reboots, unsticking the float sensor, or re-seating the tank. Thanks!

[@RobotMasters]

Yeah that might do the trick, if not you could tie the wire together.

[@mmillecamps5060]

Hi thanks for the video. Mine seems to have charging problems lately and I notice that the dock connector on the roomba itself is rusty and corroded any ideas or maybe a replacement video?

[@H31MU7]

5:00 is when he finishes taking the screws out/rambling be aware there's 2 screws under the mopping pad holder

[@manuelfigueroa9337]

have you replaced the charging contacts on the robot? One of mine corroded.

[@ganeshy2603]

Can you do a same with the i7 if you still have it

[@brettchatz2378]

How to replace a rusted charging metal plate on the iRobot Braava Jet M6? Mine rusted through and can't charge up now because it broke off.

[@luisatedeschini2809]

I have a request: I need to break the wifi antenna of this thing, how can I do?

[@youreinthematrix87]

Is their a way to unplug the sensors so it can go over thresholds.

[@RobotMasters]

No unfortunately the connections are soldered in.

[@havengillespie]

Excellent video! I am also looking for a hack for the cliff sensors. I have a rough slate floor, and the robot mopped fine at first, now it's being ultra sensitive to minor bumps. I was trying to determine on your video where the cliff sensors are. I see you pointed them out, but I couldn't tell what part of the bot I was looking at/location. Want to see what would happen if I block them. :-)

[@MrBrisco27]

Thanks for this video. I lost 2 screws when I put it back together, not sure what happened, but I was short 2! Maybe 2 fell inside the robot, who knows! Do you know what type of screws those are? it's the shorter ones up on the slot of the cleaning pad. Thanks!

[@RobotMasters]

Hello, not sure the exact specs of n the screws. If you take them to your local hardware store, they may be able to find an equivalent.

[@TheStarr760]

Thank you for being the curious person that you are! You are helping people!!!

[@RobotMasters]

You are welcome 🤗

[@timfam8973]

My M6 has white light swirling clockwise a few rounds and stop then repeat again and again when charging. Do you have any ideas why? Thanks in advance

[@madsjuncker6592]

Helle friend 👍 did you solve the problem?

[@Maldicious]

Do you have any idea for how to fix "Error 1 uneven ground"? I can't find anyone addressing the issue. I took it apart just in case there was an obstruction, but didn't find anything. It is very frustrating and I would appreciate your help.

[@RobotMasters]

The only thing I can think of is one of the wheel sensors went bad or not registering that it pushed in.

[@ertixil]

Did you find a solution ? Same problem here

[@Maldicious]

@@ertixil I don't believe I did. If I remember correctly I ended up returning it

[@randomviews3676]

Hello Robot Masters! Thank you for this tear down. I cant find an appropriate screwdriver to open my robot. Would you mind sharing which one you used?

[@hungly9596]

Hi I had error 47 with my braava m6 do you know what is the problem?

[@jcstarion88]

Where can i buy a new lid?

[@papichulo885]

Nathan my m6 is having trouble spraying water. How can I fix that. And the best way of cleaning the robot.

[@RobotMasters]

Try sticking a needle through the spray nozzle to gently clear out the gunk. Don't go to far or you may puncture the hose. It similar process to cleaning a KCup coffee machine. Once you cleaned the nozzle, use warm water and activate the spray nozzle to clean the rest out

[@lelandabdmc]

Took mine apart to try to clean out the hoses and spay nozzle after it got clogged up with a waxy cleaner. Still not spraying, but I realized that there is a 1" thin steel rod that is left over. Can't tell where it's from. Any ideas?

[@RobotMasters]

That steel ride goes on the spinning plastic part of the motor pump spray unit. So once you have everything hooked up pump wise, hoses, filter assembly etc. While the m6 still taking apart, take some water and fill up the filter assembly, now manually spin the pump to get the water to spray out of the nozzle. May take several spins. Once you see some water come out the nozzle, put everything back together and you are good to go!!!

[@cks4758]

You should say which screwdrivers you need to take the screws out (for some of the deep ones it's hard to work out what they arr unless you have a torch).

[@rochelled561]

My m6 will not spray anymore I tried sticking a needle in the nozzle and it still won’t spray, is there anything you suggest other than warranty

[@RobotMasters]

You will need to remove the top cover with the screws underneath. Once the Top Cover is removed, locate the hoses and you will see a pump attached to them. Carefully remove the pump and manual rotate the until some fluid spits out. The pump needs priming if the robot sits for a long period of time.

[@marciacastillo5703]

Depósito dice vacío y está lleno. Use agua de la llave. Cómo puedo arreglarlo?

[@dianesloop8657]

where are you located, can i send mine for you to put back together

[@anthonydecosa2389]

I disassembled my wife's M6 in order to get pet hair out of the wheel axles. When I put it back together, it doesn't power up at all! Just a dead brick! Does the M6 have any kind of an interlock switch that is maybe still open or something? Hoping you can help... Thanks!

[@RobotMasters]

No it doesn't, check the battery contacts and power cabels, try putting the unit on the charger, see if it charges abd lights up. Also check all the connections to the circuit board, I think they are all sealed, except for the battery connector

[@anthonydecosa2389]

@@RobotMasters I put some dielectric grease on the battery contacts, so ... we'll see. Got it for my wife at Christmas time; she loves it. Got an extended warranty, so I may have to send it in... Thanks again!

[@RobotMasters]

Anthony DeCosa Sounds good, iRobot does good honoring their warranties and repairs.

[@johnwalker4233]

Hi love your videos, I'm currently stuck between the Roborock S6 or Neato D7, have you any videos of the S6 mopping?

[@RobotMasters]

John Walker So I have not uploaded any S6 videos of mopping, I think the Roborock the better value and overall will be the ideal choice over the Neato D7. More features App Features, better performance and reliability.

[@johnwalker4233]

@@RobotMasters Great thank you!! Out of interest is the mopping feature on the S6 any use at all? I wouldn't expect it to be as good as a dedicated Robomop but just wondered

[@RobotMasters]

John Walker So maybe for light duty dusting, since the S6 has the same cleaning Vacuum and Mopping pattern, so the Mopping part can’t get stubborn dirt or grime. It kinda of a novelty feature in my mind, you would be better off with a dedicated mopping robot

[@lovekuwait90]

I just bought a Braava jet m6 and since the first once I install the washable wet mop pad it says “install pad” I repeated it several times and nothing changed. I ordered another set of washable wet pads and it’s the same, but once I use the disposable wet pads it works fine. I contacted the support team, and they respond to me “Seeing that the Robot is being used outside of the US this voids the warranty and we will not be able to provide you with any replacements.” So I need to know what is the issue and what can I do ?

[@RobotMasters]

Hmmm make sure the sensors are clean, where the mopping pad slots into. There some lights that read what type of mopping pad is in there. Also try restarting the robot by turning the robot off than on. Also you can try removing the battery from the robot.

[@lovekuwait90]

@@RobotMasters they told me to clean the sensor with a towel and then reboot the robot, then install back the washable wet pads... I tried it but it didn’t work. Could you please tell me how can I turn it off or how can I remove the battery? Do you think if I turned it back to factory settings will it work?

[@RobotMasters]

@@lovekuwait90 To turn the robot off just hold down the clean button for 3-5 seconds. Underneath the robot there a battery cover that held on by two screws.

[@baffes4348]

Hey Robot Master. Any suggestions how to clean the nozzle? Mine is almost not spraying water anymore :( Thanks for your help!

[@RobotMasters]

I would try to take a small sewing needle and carefully clean around the nozzle, maybe it clogged

[@baffes4348]

@@RobotMasters Thx! Will try.

[@angeryitalianchef7251]

I did that a few times 2 but once I BROKE MY ROOMBA DOING IT but me and my dad fixed it. Also why didn’t they make the wheels out of the Same stuff on the old jet and the OG braava

[@RobotMasters]

Funtime Freddy I think the New Wheels are designer to last longer and not break and fall apart like on the old ones, just a guess or they are taking a gamble with these

[@angeryitalianchef7251]

Well it failed

[@angeryitalianchef7251]

Badly

[@angeryitalianchef7251]

My old braava wheels are fine and I’ve had it for 2 to 3 years

[@RobotMasters]

Funtime Freddy Ohhh nice, yeah we will see how well the m6 wheels last

[@As2Bax]

So weird. The m6 lid opens facing front and the s9s lid opens facing the back.

[@carlitoscespedes]

If you have problems with circuits board or Software of braava m6, dont bother. Electronics are encased to keep moisture away.

[@travismarshall3089]

I'm a sucker for disassembly videos. I'm a tinkerer myself and will take apart anything I can when it's "broken" so as to understand how it works, what went wrong and then try and FIX it. Videos like this ALSO get my mind thinking. I think things like, "What if, on these crazier side brush spinning vacs, you circumvent the power going to them with a potentiometer. Lessen that dedicated power, lessen that speed". By NO MEANS am I asking for such a warranty breaking thing in a video! It's just a fun thought, but a thought that probably would work nonetheless! Great Job!

[@RobotMasters]

Hahaha you must of hacked into my KZbin account because I have the i7 side brush spinning hack which I install a potentiometer in series on the side brush motor so I can vary the speed of the side brush. Will hopefully have this video uploaded this weekend. I also have a Parody video where the side brush spins super fast and the opposite direction to make it absolutely pointless. No worries on the Warranty I am the same way, will fix anything that breaks on my own 😃

[@travismarshall3089]

@@RobotMasters : My Crystal Ball of Foretelling, my friend. My Crystal Ball of Foretelling. 🔮👳 I actually started to break down the process of how to "likely" go about doing it, but was unsure of your electronics I.Q., so to speak. So, I didn't. 🤓

[@RobotMasters]

Travis Marshall LOL my electronic experience is NEWB STATUS 🤔🤔🤔😄😄😄. Please share 😎😎😎

[@travismarshall3089]

​@@RobotMasters : You sound like you know what you're doing already! So, without turning this into a thesis length comment explaining series circuitry, I can explain the bare bones principle to those who'll come across this who don't. It's pretty much like you said. You wire it up in series. You get a standard 3 legged potentiometer (also called POT) and using leg 1, you attach it to ground somewhere on the board. Ground is EVERYWHERE! Then you track where the brush is getting it's power. You take that power and wire it to leg 2 (middle/pwr input) and then you wire leg 3 (pwr output) to the motor. Then you say a prayer and hope nothing blows up. You can also get fancy by having a pot with a long plastic knob/shaft. Drill a hole into the vac and have it stick out and hot glue it in place! Maybe print out a sticker with desired speed settings to place around the pot and cut a notch into the top of the shaft so as to know what setting is being pointed to? Or... something like that. WHEW! 😩

[@RobotMasters]

Travis Marshall Ohhh LoL I was Sleeping 😴 Do you mind retyping all that Again 🤔🤔🤔 Just Kidding, Yep basically what I have in my setup, I did get a potentiometer with a Knoby think on it, haven’t decided where I am going to mount the POT/WEED 🤔🤔🤔, I want it well hidden so the Cops Don’t find it😆. Anyways thanks for the Thesis and hopefully this all goes well 👍🏻

[@MartinKubaS5]

This is what i'm saying! The helpful videos! Great!!! :D And i have got e5 for 9 months now, it is great cheap little robot with high quality, i love him!

[@RobotMasters]

Martin Kuba Thanks You I try to make videos to cover all aspects of the robots Outside and Inside 👍🏻 PS the e5 is interesting might have to get one 👍🏻

[@willdarling1]

I got sent a replacement M6 but it's the wrong color - how hard would it be to swap that front "floating chassis" part? Great video! answered my first Q of how hard it is to swap the tops !

[@jonydeng3477]

Love this video,it's very cool!!

[@RobotMasters]

leon deng Thank You 👍🏻

[@madsjuncker6592]

Hello friend Do you have electronic as well as mechanical skills, to show us how to take out the mother-board? A lot of people - inclusive me, have troubles with the white clockwise circle, just spinning around. At the same time it’s also impossible to establish a wifi-connection between the mobil and the Braava Jet M6. The 3 buttons dosen’t respond either. The battery is 100% ok. If you can spare some time and show it in a new video, it’s just super.

[@thefundj]

I like this kind of videos!

[@RobotMasters]

Thanks 😁

[@JEFFREYSOLORIO]

So my brand new unit says the tank is empty when it is not and when I refastened the tank it says that the lid is open which it is not. Any suggestions?

[@RobotMasters]

Hmm try resetting the robot, and reseat the tank. There a small square inside the water tank that the sensor uses to detect the tank

[@JEFFREYSOLORIO]

@@RobotMasters I already tried a factory reset then same red ring error of either fill the tank or close the lid. 🤦🤷

[@RobotMasters]

@@JEFFREYSOLORIO The unit could be defective, I would contact iRobot, it probably covered under warranty

[@JEFFREYSOLORIO]

@@RobotMasters I'm just going to get it exchanged. I really appreciate your help and response. 🙏

[@maddeusdoggeus1]

@@JEFFREYSOLORIO Did you ever find the Problem? I had the same thing happen to me. Mine was caused by my failure to seat the tank all the way down First with the Handle in the Up position. Then flipping the Handle down locking it into place.

[@Marekerm]

My wheels started to fail aswell.My m6 started to demand to be put on even ground, although it was standing on charger. Since mine is not bought from my region, im not covered with warranty or service. So i took my Adolf apart aswell. But i took it more apart, than you. The wheel have Weird sensor to detect uneven ground. On the wheel frame lays.magnet. On the spring frame sensor with 5 wires. 2 are separate black and red. My guess, those are + and -. Other 3 seems to be signal wires. Might it mean robot can detect 4 positions of the wheel... Well see, if I need to destroy the sensor. Right now I cleaned everything with alcohol swab and seems to work well. Must say I was impressed with the care irobot took to seal everything with epoxy. There has been water leak to the body, but only thing affected is 1 screw, that holds ballast weight. Too bad irobot have such bad policy of where I can buy my robot.

[@As2Bax]

5:02 braava decided to eat skittles instead of cleaning 💀

[@ybzz9]

Is it necessary to have 24 screws lol

[@RobotMasters]

Oh why yes must have all 24 screws or the robot will not work 😋🤭

[@FunTechReviews]

Did you get all the parts put back? Your warranty is now voided

[@RobotMasters]

LOL it sitting on my table in a million pieces 🤔😧😧😞😞😞. I am actually installing a Bubble Blowing Module, for a random pointless hack

[@FunTechReviews]

@@RobotMasters lol. Cant wait to see that!

[@themutechef4511]

Robot Masters more oddness from Nate

[@RobotMasters]

LOL completely failed with the bubble Integration, I put the m6 back together maybe I will try another day 😯😞😞😞

[@themutechef4511]

Robot Masters you could always just blow bubbles

[@angeryitalianchef7251]

I feel bad for iRobot repair people cause of that confusesing mess inside there like holy hell

[@RobotMasters]

Funtime Freddy I know right, hmmmmm which wire do I cut first 🤔🤔🤔😉😉😉

[@As2Bax]

my braava ate my cupcake, wat should I do

[@SpinDogIsMe]

Funny. Your poor dad! ;-)

[@clou1969]

Can’t believe the spaghetti wiring. Looks like a 1969 wiring appliances. The hose looks like my old vintage bombardier skidoo carburateur fitting. :D Nice teardown I’m far from being impressed with their ‘’engineering’’.

[@RobotMasters]

LOL when I saw the mess of wires I am like really, could of integrated all in a PCB been a lot easier and more reliable LOL 🤣

[@clou1969]

Robot Masters that is an extremely cheap O design. I could not believe such a thing possible in 2019. Oh man quality is gone! Lol

[@RobotMasters]

Hahaha, at least the put a rubber O ring around the gear box, I don’t think I have seen that on a consumer robot.

[@clou1969]

Robot Masters at least there was some skittles. ;D

[@RobotMasters]

Yeah it was a good Snack for ME 😃

[@99geezer]

You’re not the sharpest tool in the shed. Lol

[@RobotMasters]

Oh sad day 🤔😔