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Floor Vacuum Robot for $200

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the to-lazy-to-stand dept.

abhikhurana writes "MSNBC is running a review of Roomba, supposedly the first intelligent 'floor vac', as in a cross between vacuum cleaner and a robot. I think its especially suited for lazy bums like me. Just let it loose, sitback and enjoy. There is also a video of how it cleans the floors, which requires windows media player (what else?) to watch it. It seems that the robo cleaner can indeed do that job for which it has been designed. A related article on Techreview has slightly more details about how it works. There is also a website exclusively for Roomba."

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  1. meoooooow! by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny


    Fluffy? Where are you Fluffy?

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  2. Runaway by egg+troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the first link in a chain of events that will eventually have Gene Simmons chasing me across a skyscraper with a swarm of robotic spiders!

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  3. Maybe I'll get one of these things so I can... by Scratch-O-Matic · · Score: 5, Funny

    sit back and chat on my video phone.

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  4. Heh.. by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey! It's R2-D2's cousin: SUX-2BU.

    Okay, dumb joke, but it beats the inevitable "That robot sucks!" jokes.

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  5. hopefully the researchers will figure out.... by edrugtrader · · Score: 5, Funny

    .... why 65% of americas youth are overweight.

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  6. The Fools! by foistboinder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't they realize the danger?


    According to Professor Frink:

    Elementary chaos theory tells us that all robots will eventually turn against their masters and run amok, in an orgy of blood and the kicking and the biting with the metal teeth and the hurting and shoving.
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    1. Re:The Fools! by unicron · · Score: 5, Funny

      Theme park owner: "Well how long do we have?"

      Professor Frink: "According to my calculations, the robots will not turn on us for at least 72 hours."

      [Robot sits up on the table and starts to choke a scientist.]

      Professor Frink: "Oh, forgot to carry the Y."

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  7. That's bullshit.. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    $200 ?!
    I paid $6,000 (US) for my RealDoll and it can't move at all, let alone vacuum the floor.

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    1. Re:That's bullshit.. by egg+troll · · Score: 5, Funny

      $200 ?!

      I paid $6,000 (US) for my RealDoll and it can't move at all, let alone vacuum the floor.


      But have you tried fucking the vacuum?

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  8. Step one by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    But first something has to clean up all the socks, underwear, pizza boxes, AOL disks, rejection notices, bannana peels, etc. that are all over the floor. This is the hard part.

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  9. Floor VAX? by ari_j · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it running on DEC hardware?

  10. Real man's challenge by shrikel · · Score: 5, Funny
    I can see it now:

    Geeks now have a vacuum cleaner web server!

    First one to run apache/linux on it wins.

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  11. Another Vacuum story? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Slashdot: News for Nerds. Things that Suck.

    (doan hit me ;)

  12. Re:Why is it... by worthb · · Score: 5, Funny
    I want my vacuuming to be sort of like setting up a maintainance cron job to run at 3 AM.


    I don't know about you but if that thing started running in my house at 3 AM it would end up out the window.
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  13. Re:It's too slow by dubiousmike · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the manufacturer figures you are going to leave your house at some point or another.

    silly manufacturer

    :P