Roomba Competitor Slightly Lacking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday August 11, 2003 @01:11PM from the get-what-you-pay-for dept.

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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Can we say STEAMPUNK?!? by strredwolf · 2003-08-11 13:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Can we? Huh?

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Re:But I wonder.... by orkysoft · 2003-08-11 13:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Shh! Don't give them any dangerous ideas!

Step 1: create a lame knockoff product
Step 2: Slashdotter "reverse engineers" it
Step 3: Sue aforementioned Slashdotter under the DMCA
(Step 3 is ??? if he's outside of the USA)
Step 4: Profit!

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