Gadgets

Battlemodo: The Best Robot Floor Cleaners

It seems impossible, but we live in age when robots can clean our floors for us. You don’t have to be Donald Trump or Emperor of Mars — this is science fact. But which floor-bot is dominant? We have answers.


June 28, 2011
Science

How To Give Robot Vacuums A Personality (And Why It Matters)

If The Jetsons’ Rosie had the personality of an automotive assembly line robot, she’d have been turned into sprockets long ago. IEEE discusses the latest efforts to endow domestic robots with a bit of attitude.


September 3, 2010

The Trouble With Robot Cleaners

Most of us are familiar with this fellow. He’s a cute little robot vacuum who’ll zip around your home to keep things tidy. He’s got plenty of quirks and troubles though—something his competition is trying to avoid.


December 17, 2009
Gadgets

Robot Vacuum Cleaner. Lasers. Robots. Lasers. Cleaning. Awesome.

This new Neato vacuum cleaner has one trick up its nozzle that your average Roomba doesn’t – lasers. I’m sold!