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Roomba Celebrates 10 Years of Cleaning Up After You

Posted by samzenpus on from the most-of-the-world-is-carpeted-and-one-day-we-will-do-the-cleaning dept.

SkinnyGuy writes "Roomba, the world’s first multi-million unit-selling home-helper robot, turns 10 today. iRobot has cooked up a self-congratulatory infographic filled with a collection of interesting and occasionally bizarre facts to mark the occasion. Did you know that dogs, cats and babies have ridden iRobot's iconic home cleaning robot since it was introduced exactly a decade ago?"

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  1. Needs an upgrade by Guano_Jim · · Score: 4, Funny

    I bought a Roomba years ago to take care of some light-colored carpeting in the living room. I'm not buying another until they come with an under-the-couch dog poop sensor, standard.

    Poodle skidmarks, man. Poodle skidmarks.

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  2. Obligatory Onion articles by ClickOnThis · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-roomba-blender-makes-smoothie-out-of-everythin,29539/
    http://www.theonion.com/articles/roomba-violates-all-three-laws-of-roombotics,2184/
    http://www.theonion.com/articles/roomba-maker-unveils-military-robot,15331/

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  3. Re:Waaay to much money for those things by DrXym · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I say, we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!"