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Roomba Competitor Slightly Lacking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. We put the OOMBAH in the ROOMBAH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thr9d opst!1

    Not frosty, but lukewarm.

  2. Zero comments... by BHearsum · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...and I already can't get to the page.

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    I know this is off topic. But seriously, can Slashdot at least cache the webpages on it's own site? Or does /. not want to be slashdoted?

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  5. TRINITY DIES AT THE END OF MATRIX 3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    see subject

  6. Can we say STEAMPUNK?!? by strredwolf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can we? Huh?

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  7. Re:But I wonder.... by orkysoft · · 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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