No way that scrawny outdoor Rhoomba could keep up the snow in my driveway. Fail.

NatefromOgden

Please tell me it runs Windows, has wifi and requires security patches.

stretta

@Gann: I like how it also has a "standard cutter" on the front to assist throwing that small child or pet into the "hopper".

admoseremic

@OMG! Ponies!: Since when does the Passaic have shores that someone could was up on?

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

Well, if this saves me from hearing the news story I hear at least once a year about the kid who built a snow fort on the curb and now everyone is surprised that he got hit/crush/buried by a passing plow, I ask some of my new "helping the guy behind ya!" taxes go towards this.

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

are they trying to bring back 'roofus' from Never Been Kissed

purple-pillows

R-o-o-f-u-s

Remote-operated-ostrich-flayer-ultra-sys...

turniptable

@tande04: Maybe the child/small pet is on the other side of the lighting rod?

Gann

I enjoy snow-blowers myself. But I could see this being perfect for the wealthy but cheap elderly population who can't shovel their own snow, but don't want to pay a few neighborhood kids to do it.

latterman

I cold see this being rally slow and frustrating. Id get pissed off after the 5th time it got stuck on my shitty cracked up driveway and throw it in the Passaic river. I see this thing being slow as shit and to have to sit there and control it with a remote!!! Boring, give me a shovel, at least Ill get a work out. And if you have a rally nice big square driveway and the money to spend on this piece of crap, you might as well hire people, or a guy in a truck who will get it done in 15 min with a big plow. This thing SUCKS... ahh i feel better now.

OdeliaTermite

@Gann: What is that strip supposed to be?

Looks like it says "crossing lighting rods" to me. Why would it need to cross lighting rods?

tande04

The Enrichment Center once again reminds you that Android Hell is a real place where you will be sent at the first sign of defiance.

jdbaile3

lol I would like to see that thing live through a New England winter

MclarenF1

In related news, the body of the inventor of the Roofus Robot was found washed up along the Passaic River, according to Newark PD sources.

OMG! Ponies!

Listen to this dude Roofus, he knows what he's talking about.

ripfire

And I was all excited by the snow blower that the GF's dad is giving me.
Why do you do this to me!?!?!?!

rexplex

The strip of images at the bottom shows how it would rise up, then descend to entirely engulf a small child or pet.

Gann

It's just a flesh wound!

aelver

Awww, too bad they couldn't call it SNOW-E.

scarbrtj

This is going to end badly.

turniptable

So what part of snow eating, shrubbery worshiping, icky icky zip boing leads the to name it Roofus. If you ask me, I'd say it looks more like a Robo-snow Tick to me.

darthuv

This reminds me of a Zamboni...

Avizzv92

@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: Since a body washed up about 6 months here:

[maps.google.com]

OMG! Ponies!

lets go..roofus versus roomba head to head

enchantedgoose

@turniptable: Unless you're a class action lawsuit lawyer.

Lupison

@scarbrtj: iSnow

Lupison

Don't google the Roofus up to order one for your roof (yes, it is intended to remove snow from the flat roofs of large buildings.) Your disappointment upon learning that this thing is a concept and doesn't actually exist off the tubes of the interweb might cause you to toss yourself into the Passaic, or Potomac, or whatever.

ElaineGuinea pig

@scarbrtj: You stole my joke, though I was going for the more tawdry 'ROOF-E'.

FightingChance

@OMG! Ponies!: if he fell in the passaic river he'd have bouced...

jackbling

@rexplex: Your GF's dad is giving you a snow blower...?

/random?

four12

How big is that thing?

CampSteve

@rexplex: Snow blower? Is that... I mean, I've never heard of... Wiki doesn't say... I saw a video once...

Never mind.

USB_Humping_Dog

@USB_Humping_Dog: you should get a star for that one.

redkamel

@WCD_Thor: Fuckin' A. (pops a beer)

redkamel

Why do people keep calling things with remotes robots? Unless it can operate by its self without constantly being controlled with some sort of remote, its not a fucking robot.

WCD_Thor

@xXCapto-ExsequorXx: I mean, doesn't lobbing of heads get tiring, and not to mention messy? Who wouldn't want to do that remotely? I want one.

xXCapto-ExsequorXx

@turniptableRemotely Operated Obtruncating Field Unit System:]

xXCapto-ExsequorXx

One: WHY DO WE NEED TO SEE A SNOWBLOWER CONCEPT?
Two: Why all the talk of the Passaic River?
Three: I'd like to see someone buy these for where I live, only to realize a snow shovel is a wasted investment, let alone this behemoth.
Four: Why do you need to desnow the roof of a building? JUST BUILD IT AT AN ANGLE!

Con Seannery

@rexplex: Whoa now, none of those homosexual fellatio moves in here, this is a family site.

Con Seannery

@jackbling: Who said he fell?

OMG! Ponies!

@darthuv: The name stands for Robotic Overlord OF US...

BeautifulAgony

@Avizzv92: Yes, it is EXACTLY like a zamboni, except just about 1/5th the size, remotely operated, eats snow, and has lawncare attachments...

But otherwise... yeah, TOTALLY...

BeautifulAgony

@OdeliaTermite: O rally?

BeautifulAgony

@OMG! Ponies!: I was joking as every time I have seen the Passaic river, it has walls.

@OMG! Ponies!: Of course he "fell". "Accidents" like this happen all the time. Now, my associate and me can provide you with "insurance" against "accidents" like that. It would be a shame if you were to "accidentally" pass out in some lime pits, and all your family found was your teeth and fillings.

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

I love that there's a HUGE kill switch right on the front that says "STOP"... haha... in case you ever see this thing coming right for you!

AmandaCain

@scarbrtj: I finally saw that movie. That would be awesome!

magikal04

@scarbrtj:

Or SnowBot?

yellowombat