Troubled robot vacuum-cleaner maker iRobot, abandoned by Amazon after regulators effectively doomed the web giant’s takeover offer, has warned investors it may not survive the next 12 months.

  • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts
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    14 hours ago

    I love DIY tech projects and yet I would never go through the effort to make a robot vacuum because vacuuming is already the easiest chore in the house. You kinda just stand there and go swoop swoop swoop a few times. Takes like 3 minutes to do an entire room. As opposed to listening to the robot vacuum rumble around for an hour and do a half ass job, if it even finishes without getting spooked by a shadow thinking it’s a 100ft cliff

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      7 hours ago

      Sounds like you don’t have a thick furred dog that sheds multiple coats throughout the year.

      We got a roomba as a gift and it has saved so much effort of sweeping/vacuuming the excess of fur on the floors.

      Love my husky but damn…

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        6 hours ago

        Yeah, people complain about roombas not giving a super deep clean… But they’re really not intended to do so. They’re meant to be a daily maintenance clean. They may not be great for when you dump an entire can of coffee grounds in your carpet… But they’re wonderful when you have a big dog with lots of fur that needs to be vacuumed every single day.

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      9 hours ago

      I really don’t like vacuuming, so to me it doesn’t matter how long it takes; I can set it up and then leave the house

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      7 hours ago

      Better to put my efforts toward automating the flipping of light switches and the raising/lowering of window shades

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      13 hours ago

      Yes, we all need to manage our lives & our shortcomings.
      I like vacuum cleaning chore too, but can have periods when my brainhole just won’t register the todo.

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      14 hours ago

      Got a good deal on a Roomba, I have a shark with HEPA filter and all, very good vacuum. I can vacuum, then let the Roomba run, and it still finds shit. I like it, especially for pet hair. Only thing I don’t like is it’s random pattern, mine doesn’t map the room, refuse to get one with a camera.