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Electrolux Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-sucks dept.

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.

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  1. Dirty Corners by uyfuyfuy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course, being circular it can't vacuum corners, so you'll have to buy a seperate vac and do that bit yourself. What a fantastic design.

  2. Does it... by gpinzone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Do stairs? Put itself away when it's done? For a grand, it better empty itself in the trash bin, too!

    1. Re:Does it... by swb · · Score: 2, Insightful

      For this vac's money, I get someone to come to my house every three weeks and clean all the rooms (scrub kitchen and bathroom) as well as launder the towels and bathroom rugs for about a year.

  3. Re:Roomba self charger add-on by SteveX · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's not a self-charger, it's a fast charger. You have to take the battery out and put it in the charger (which also means with two batteries you can run it non stop).

  4. Re:Finally the future arrives! by theflea · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree. Screw the naysayers. I've watched a roomba in action...pretty neat.

    This is also important because of the aging population. As my parents get older, I watch everyday tasks become increasingly difficult. This makes a mainstream product of this sort more than just "cool" or "neat".

  5. Lazy! by Shant3030 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Vaccuuming is a great exercise. For us fat, lazy computer geeks, we can actually benefit from doing it.

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  6. Basic design flaw by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Round robot.

    Rectangular rooms. Result: dirty corners.

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  7. MMM by Findel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would like to see how this can deal with my stairs!! And what if I leave the charging unit down stairs while ol' trill is cleaning up - upstairs.

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  8. Come on nowC.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful
    If I have to get dirty messing with cleaning the rollers after every run, what is the point of the machine?

    I can clean a 4 meter by 4 meter room in 3 minutes with a manual vac. Why spend 3 minutes fiddling with the entrails of a robot vac?

    Sure, the robot vac is 'k3wl3r' and scares the cat, but it doesn't sound like it results in 'less work'

  9. cat-chasing by raygundan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For cat-chasing from your desk at work, I suggest getting one of the little plantraco rovers, the internet control kit, and the wireless camera. Use webcam software and a cheap winTV vid cap card to stream video of what the rover "sees," and use the internet-connected controller to drive it around. They even have a demo of it where you can drive a rover at there office from your web browser here.