A week with an iRobot, reflections on our Roomba

So its been a week since we brought home Herbert (or Wall-E, or ‘the robot’) - our 530 series iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaner ... is that its actually a quite effective vacuum cleaner - that may sounds a bit odd, but I’ve been living my life with the expectation that a vacuum cleaner needs to be big, loud and have thousands of watts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:20:02

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iRobot To Intro New Product At CES

The Boston Globe is reporting that even though iRobot is feeling the economic pinch and will have a smaller booth at the Consumer ... to provide details. He said the company also sells a substantial number of its robot vacuum cleaners ... is a commercial release of the ConnectR, which has been languishing in the test phase for a looooong time. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 09:25:08

Plastic Pumpkins

One of the forums I visit has a long lasting antipathy against what it calls "plastic pumpkins" ... to realize they were absolute crap were things like a bread steamer maker, a microwave bacon limper ... at one time given a robotic vacuum cleaner and didn't have carpeting (doh!) I actually gave [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 03:12:27

Spic And Span Floors With A Robot Vacuum Cleaner!

by Ned Dagostino Of all the routine tasks which have to be done everyday, vacuuming is the most brain-numbing! ... designated for cleaning is covered. No more getting down on your hands and knees to clean under ... -cleaning robots do an almost perfect job of cleaning the floor, leaving it spick and span [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 08:22:40

Irobot Roomba 418 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Bundle Review

Nowadays there is the machine which give cofort to the people. And that's why there is the all invention are invented ... on stairsAutomatic surface transitioning adjusts entire cleaning head for both carpet and hard floorLow ... -to-medium pile carpetAdvanced power system provides up to 120 minutes of cleaning powerReturns [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 17:50:36

Spic And Span Floors With A Robot Vacuum Cleaner!

by Ned Dagostino Straight out of a Richie Rich comic book comes Irona, the robot maid! This time she’s here to help you do the floors ... or the carpet and determines how many passes it should make over that area. The models that are available [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 10:30:57

What is a gadget?

What is a gadget? September 29th, 2008 by Dave ... as robot vacuum cleaners that hoover the floor when you are out, and similar gadgets that are used [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 17:31:25

Surveillance and Companion Robots -- Maybe not a Christmas present just yet

I have been searching the web for robots that could be useful to seniors -- today. Yeah, I know that's a tall order. So much research, so few commercial products, and I really don't want to count the companion toy dogs. And while vacuum cleaners and floor washers are interesting and available through Target [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 18:29:59

Bob May: The Man Inside the Robot

I attend a lot of science-fiction conventions, of course. At some, you find actors from past SF TV shows selling autographed photos of themselves ... with vacuum-cleaner hoses for arms was actually named GUNTER, because another episode contained [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:53:40

iRobot Cuts 10% of Human Workforce

One of the military's largest suppliers of robots is laying off ten percent of its flesh-and-blood workforce. Bedford, Massachusetts-based iRobot, which also makes the Roomba autonomous vacuum cleaners, is cutting about 35 positions in its American and Indian offices. iRobot vice president Nancy Dussault [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:29:30

Nanotechnology, Robotics and Virtual Reality

Short description When most people think of nanotechnology the first thing to come to mind may be an image out of the movie Fantastic Voyage or of ... cleaners, the same technology developed to navigate their automated vacuums over uneven carpet may [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 01:26:55

iRobot Roomba 418 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Bundle - $149.99

VERO BEACH, FL (September 15, 2018) – Troubled custodial star iRobot Roomba 415 was arrested here last night for public indecency, lewd conduct, ... robotic vacuum cleaners who revolutionized floor care in the early 2000’s. But as newer models ... and nicotine possession. Around 6 pm, police received several calls that the robotic vacuum [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 05:00:51

iRobot Roomba 418 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Bundle - $149.99

VERO BEACH, FL (September 15, 2018) – Troubled custodial star iRobot Roomba 415 was arrested here last night for public indecency, lewd conduct, ... robotic vacuum cleaners who revolutionized floor care in the early 2000’s. But as newer models ... and nicotine possession. Around 6 pm, police received several calls that the robotic vacuum [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 05:00:51

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