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iRobot Unveils Terra, a Roomba Lawn Mower (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

Krystalo writes: iRobot is best known for making vacuum cleaner robots: the infamous Roomba lineup. But the company also makes mopping robots (Braava lineup), pool cleaning robots (Mirra lineup), a bot to help clean gutters, and even programmable robots (Create lineup). So, what's next for your home? A lawn mower robot. Queue the "get off my lawn" jokes.

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  1. Is this a good idea? by AmiMoJo · · Score: 1, Funny

    A robot with spinning blades called Terror...

    History will look back on the great Man vs. Machine War that started when lawnmowers demanded suffrage and wonder what iRobot were thinking.

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    1. Re:Is this a good idea? by ClickOnThis · · Score: 3, Funny

      A robot with spinning blades called Terror...

      History will look back on the great Man vs. Machine War that started when lawnmowers demanded suffrage and wonder what iRobot were thinking.

      This.

      Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet.

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  2. Re:Dogs by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not automatically picking up the dog poop that is the problem.

    The problem is limited battery life prevents automatically delivering the dog poop to Washington.

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