robovacs
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This Robovac With A Removable Dustbuster Created More Messes Than It Cleaned
The dirty secret about robot vacuums is that they can’t actually clean your entire house. They’re great for floors, but are completely useless for cleaning all of your other other dust-covered surfaces. It’s a problem the Coral One—a robovac with a removable handheld cleaner—was engineered to solve. Its design is undoubtedly a clever solution to…
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LEGO-Sweeping Robovac Made Of LEGO Bricks Is The Best Thing To Happen To Bare Feet
Video: If you have kids at home, or if you’re just incredibly careless with your own LEGO collection, YouTube’s The Brick Wall has built a Roomba-like robovac that sweeps any errant plastic pieces up off your floors, letting you finally walk around barefoot with impunity.
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Google’s Plan To Make Assistant Actually Useful
Released last year, Google Assistant hasn’t really proven itself useful outside of checking the weather, searching Google, or setting an alarm using voice commands. So far it’s been limited to basic features that are more than matched by other smart assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri. But Google is trying to change that.
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How To Build A Low-Budget Roomba
If you hate vacuuming as much as you hate spending money, it turns out you don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars on an autonomous robotic vacuum like the Roomba. With some scavenged electronics and a cheap handheld vac, you can just build your own.