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The Cheap Roomba Alternative That Doesn’t Suck

If the Roomba’s price tag is too rich for your blood, but you’re still on the hunt for a lazy way to clean your floors, OCedar’s roving, spinning O-Duster might just fit the bill.


Roomba Shaming. This Is A Thing, Right?

Roomba has some problems with the apartment. Roomba does not like my dining room table. Roomba has trouble with the Swiffer, which he (?) mounts and then cannot free himself from — like a copulating wolf. (Wolves do that, right?)


This Gutter-Cleaning Robot Will Land In Australia Soon

Australia already has its hands on some great automated gadgetry from iRobot, including the Roomba robot vacuum. Your laziness is about to be indulged once again, however, as iRobot plans to bring the Looj gutter cleaner to Australia real soon.


Would You Buy Someone Else’s Second-Hand Vacuum On Ebay?

Listen, the Roomba is really expensive and it works. Of course you want it. But — again, of course — you do not want to shell out the big bucks for a glorified dust buster. You could check eBay!


The Cheapest Roomba Just Got Way Better

The Roomba 500 Series is dead. Long live the 600 Series! iRobot is giving some products a very nice upgrade today, starting with its entry-level robotic floor vacuums. The Looj, its rain gutter cleaning bot, is getting the treatment, too.


Roomba Just Got Even Lazier

iRobot’s line of autonomous vacuums already cater to those who’d rather be doing anything other than pushing a vacuum cleaner around. But the company’s newest model, the 790, includes a wireless command centre that eliminates the need for you to get up to control Roomba’s routine.


New Aussie Samsung NaviBot Robot Vacuum Can Empty Dust Out By Itself

Great timing! My Roomba 577 died recently, and I ended up replacing it with a Dyson DC26. Things might have been different had these two new NaviBot S models been around. Both feature an on board camera plus 12 sensors for safety and dust detection — powered by two CPUs to intelligently map a room. The high-end model even has a two litre auto dust emptying station. Do want.


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.


Toshiba’s Roomba-Killer Packs Two CPUs… In A Vacuum

The international floor cleaning robot slave arena just got hotter — Toshiba’s new Smarbo (terrible name) looks and functions pretty much exactly like the Roomba we love so much, but has two brains inside. Twice the cleanliness?


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.


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