Roomba Competitor Slightly Lacking

tivojafa writes "Following hot on the heels of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, TV Products (USA) Inc have released the "RoboSweep" - "The intelligent sweeper that sweeps while you rest!". Roomba by iRobot is an engineering masterpiece with 15 sensors and 5 motors to navigate and clean the floors. It has been stripped apart and there are rumors of a replacement processor so it can be used as a general purpose robot platform. Now the RoboSweep "intelligent" sweeper has redefined intelligence (or lack of it) - the internals have got to be seen to be believed." Very funny.

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I don't get it.

[The Old Burke]

Okay, this is cool and we are all nerds that don't whant to clean up in our houses.
But how well does this thing *really* work?
Does it catch the larger "dots" of dust? Probably not.
And how well does it work on carpets?
And what about the stairs down to the basement?
And why would anyone want this item when they instead can pay some illegal mexican immigrants to do the job at $1 an hour anyway? Supporting them is for me far more important than buying some tech-stuff just because its "cool".