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Electrolux Robot Vacuum Cleaner
An anonymous reader writes "Modelled on an ancient arthropod the Electrolux Trilobite is in stores from Friday and should cost around £999." It isn't the first robot vacuum, but they do claim it automatically recharges itself (which I don't think the Roomba does). And for only 8 times the price! A bargain. Electrolux's website has some more information.
I've heard these things kinda suck...
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Magnetic strips must be placed at doorways and near stairs to act as invisible walls and stop it plunging to its doom down a flight of steps.
What's this "vacuuming" technology you speak of?
I seem to recall reading this somewhere... oh here ooops :-)
On another note I got to watch one of these do there thing a while back, and while the concept seems cool they tend to bump into feet a litle too much. It's like a dog trying to hump your leg
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"The Trilobite® is the world's first automatic vacuum cleaner." As usual, Electrolux is using falsehood in advertising. There are older robosweepers than this one. When I was in college in 1989, I thought trying to sell Elecrolux sweepers would be a good paying job to help get me through. Not only did the damn things cost nearly $2000 dollars, but all their "exclusive features" were duplicated by other brands. The only people willing to buy a $2000 sweeper had to apply for credit, and were always turned down. I had to go back to delivering pizzas as that "job" for straight commissions only cost me money. Any product hawked by door-to-door salesman is crap.
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Now, if it will just bring me a beer, I could get rid of my girlfriend! It may be 8x more expensive than the Roomba, but that's nothing compared to how much she costs me!
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Does it make R2D2 noises?
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It's a nice idea, but when you get home after a long day at work beating the robotic vacuum doesn't have the same appeal as beating a real-live wife.
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Seriously, this is something every guy wants and needs! Besides, I have promised my better half that when we are living together, I will take care of the vacuuming ;).
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It's their only product that doesn't suck.
Thank you. I'll be here all week.
Also unless the AI is good enough that the thing really can navigate itself around a changing environment (hey there wasn't a dog there last time)
Since you said you have a Roomba, I can tell you don't have a dog. A dog will not get in the way of the Roomba. Trust me on this.
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What they meant was that by the time you are 31 you should be married, and then free from housework with more time for leisure.
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. . . they built on top of rat brain cells? Like a rat, does it crawl into the walls to dump it's load of dust and dirt?
Besides, the only reason I would want one is if i could control it from work via internet and have it chase around the cats. (that would be great)
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But they sell anyway, because they fill an important vacuum in the product line.
I would like to see how this can deal with my stairs!!
The picture in my head resembles the Yoda fighting scene in Star Wars II... at least if it's starting from the top.
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I wonder if I can sue the company if my cat needs therapy after a few weeks of this robot zooming around my floor.
Yeah, that's fun and all if i wanted to *look* at the cats... but I was hoping to be able to suck up their tails and what-not.. Really convince them not to come back once we let them outside when we get home.
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Secondly, it should digest and live off the dust, which is mainly human skin, so rich in protein. I'm thinking a small bacterial engine that can turn dust into glucose, and pass that onto a glucose fuel cell of some kind.
Thirdly, should be really cheap. I don't want to have to take out my credit card each time I step on the cleaner by mistake. I'm thinking that the ideal model would actually be organic, which makes sense, given the bacterial engine, and so it could actually breed. Hey, why not?
Forthly, I want a powerful AI engine that can avoid stairs and feet, and will search for dust where it's most prevelant, namely in corners and in those hard-to-reach areas.
Fifthly, why not make it able to walk up walls... perhaps using those little sticky feet that pickup the dust so well.
Lastly, since the model is small, it should package its collected dust (after bacterial digestion) into easy-to-sweep nodules. This will eliminate any need for dust bags, discharging stations, etc.
Reviewing my design against the available models, I think the most practical solution would be to use standard breeding techniques combined with genetic engineering to create a species of super cockroaches that live off dust. There may be a small market acceptance problem, but I believe this can be overcome by finding a new name and a cute logo... how about "RoboRoach"?
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