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Battlemodo: The Best Robot Floor Cleaners

7:30AM November 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

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. More »


Gadgets

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

10:47PM August 24, 2011 | Sam Biddle

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? More »


Science

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

6:00AM June 28, 2011 | Evan Ackerman- IEEE Spectrum

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. More »


Gadgets

Roomba 770: It Might Be Time To Sell Your Vacuum, Grandpa

6:30AM May 27, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Vacuums are old. Roombas are old. So who cares about a Roomba? When the latter can finally kick the former to the tech trash pile, we care. The dream of having a robot (effectively!) be my personal maid is alive. More »


Geek Out

Baby Goes On A Roomba Joyride

7:34AM April 6, 2011 | Blair Baxter

Here’s a great way to calm your crying baby and clean your kitchen floor at the same time. More »


Gadgets

Guide Your Roomba With Your Hands With This Kinect Hack

12:20PM February 17, 2011 | Husain Sumra

A Japanese programmer hacked a Kinect to enable motion control of a Roomba vacuum cleaner to create a “future vacuum”. The Roomba can be pointed in any direction with a hand motion. More »


Gadgets

Spider-Roomba Climbs Windows, Cleans Both Sides

1:57AM September 24, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

This is what happens when a Roomba is bitten by a radioactive spider. It’s name isn’t Spider-Roomba, but Windoro, a climbing robot that can clean windows automatically – on both sides. Watch it in all its polishing glory action: More »


The Trouble With Robot Cleaners

4:00PM September 3, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

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. More »


This Is Not How You Design A Robotic Vacuum Cleaner

4:40AM June 15, 2010 | Adam Frucci

You’ve got to love design concepts. This one, for example, takes a perfectly functional product – the Roomba – and makes it completely useless by putting it in the form of a robotic dog. Sigh. More »


Upright Vacuum Fires Off Roomba Drone

3:06AM May 22, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Imagine vacuuming in one area of your living room when realising that you missed a spot near the kitchen. You could walk all the way over there. Or you could launch a little robot to deal with it for you. More »