Well guys, it's finally happened.
I don't know if anyone on here has had an experience with or even noticed but there are now 2 new practical robots for use around the house.
The first is the Roomba. A seemingly harmless suck-o-bot that has been getting rave reviews. On another forum I frequent it's popped up numerous times with almost nothing but happy customers. I'll probably be picking one up for my downstairs and once I've made my own opinion buy another for upstairs.
I expect the Roomba to evolve into the "brains" that will overthrow civilization as we know it and ironically force us to once again clean but only because of the sadistic pleasure it will receive.
The other amazing bit of tech is the RL 500 Robomower. I don't have a lawn to maintain (live in a townhouse) but if I did, I'd probably take a serious look at this piece of hardware. I think there was a thread a little while back asking about automating lawn mowing and this seems to be a good step in the right direction.
In the future fight for world supremacy the RL500 Robomower will probably be harnessed as the ultimate death machine. The name alone is enough to cause children to wet their beds at night.
On a more serious note, these both look like a first glimpse at getting robotics out of the high dollar industrial area and into the home (or neighborhood). I linked Amazon.com because you can get a wide range of info from a single page. When I go to make my Roomba purchase I don't imagine I'll get it from Amazon but seeing 56 people review it and still carry a 4 1/2 star review is mighty impressive.
I don't know if anyone on here has had an experience with or even noticed but there are now 2 new practical robots for use around the house.
The first is the Roomba. A seemingly harmless suck-o-bot that has been getting rave reviews. On another forum I frequent it's popped up numerous times with almost nothing but happy customers. I'll probably be picking one up for my downstairs and once I've made my own opinion buy another for upstairs.
I expect the Roomba to evolve into the "brains" that will overthrow civilization as we know it and ironically force us to once again clean but only because of the sadistic pleasure it will receive.
The other amazing bit of tech is the RL 500 Robomower. I don't have a lawn to maintain (live in a townhouse) but if I did, I'd probably take a serious look at this piece of hardware. I think there was a thread a little while back asking about automating lawn mowing and this seems to be a good step in the right direction.
In the future fight for world supremacy the RL500 Robomower will probably be harnessed as the ultimate death machine. The name alone is enough to cause children to wet their beds at night.
On a more serious note, these both look like a first glimpse at getting robotics out of the high dollar industrial area and into the home (or neighborhood). I linked Amazon.com because you can get a wide range of info from a single page. When I go to make my Roomba purchase I don't imagine I'll get it from Amazon but seeing 56 people review it and still carry a 4 1/2 star review is mighty impressive.
