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Roomba Robot Vacuum Gets Siblings
Victor Tramp writes "Apparently, the cute little robot vacuum by iRobot has siblings now! An article over at Forbes.com goes into some detail about the new Roomba models; featuring the Roomba Pro, which 'is an improvement on the original Roomba, including an intelligent navigation system..', and the Roomba Pro Elite, which is the '...new flagship model. It comes with a remote-control unit that lets you navigate the Roomba around the room, changing cleaning options as it goes.' I have one of the original Roombas, and it actually does a really good job!"
...really sucks!! :)
Ahh shit the vacuum got the cat again.
The Roomba may do a good job cleaning, but I'm sure it doesn't look very good in a little french maid outfit....um..unless you have a robot fetish or something, I guess.
...but does it run Linux??
Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of autonomous vacuum robots?
In Soviet Russia, the robot sucks YOU! (Insert Leslie Nielsen Naked Gun "Swedish Sure-Grip Suck Machine" quote here)
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If Microsoft made a vacuum cleaner, it'd be their only product which would not suck...
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- It can lurk in the dark corners at night and photograph burglars using its infrared lights.
- It can monitor the light levels and tell the lights to brighten or dim accordingly.
- I can surf to it (of course it has wifi and an IP address) and if we get two of them, we can play "robowars" in the hallway.
- The camera can rotate upwards and
"Just cleaning the floor, boss!"
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Hopefully the Super Roomba Pro Elite 300 Deluxe will have suckers on its wheels, so it can also climb up walls and suck the bugs of my ceiling. Otherwise, I'll stick with a regular vacuum cleaner.
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Apparently, the cute little robot vacuum by iRobot has siblings now!
I knew these things were intelligent and all, but procreating robots!!!
Cute, my foot!! Anyone knows how to neuter them thingies ?
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Didnt anyone learn anything by watching The Animatrix DVD Part 1 and 2.
. . . about this robot, and since he is single, he said that this would be the perfect product for any single guy. Until he found out that it is powered on only 30 wats. Then he found out that it probably don't suck that well. :-)
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.. am creeped out by the idea of sentient cleaner robots running around, ever since I saw the 'Paradise Towers' episode of Dr Who where the robots took to cleaning up humans. It's a short step from cleaner robots to plasma gun toting Terminators. Honest (adjusts tin foil hat)
Ya, that was my other concern :P
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I just picture it swinging by the computer in the livingroom and getting all caught up in the cabling and such
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Inbuilt chemical analysis would be cool, it could put my hash in a pre programmed safe place if i dropped it in a stoned stupor the night before.
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I'm used to my computers going obsolete while still in transit from the seller, but my vacuum cleaner??? I just bought a "standard" model Roomba last week!
Dammit.
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Good idea, but imagine getting off the elevator and seeing a swarm of these things just sitting there waiting for you under the control of Gene Simmons.
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I have kids and it hasn't been a problem. The Roomba just vacuums them right up along with all the other stuff.