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The Roomba i3+ Brilliantly Tamed My Pet Hair-Covered Home

For the entirety of the two years I’ve coexisted with my dog, Cila, my house—previously a stronghold of order and peace—morphed into a wasteland of blonde fur tumbleweeds that materialized as if by magic, even when I’d spent the entire afternoon prior cleaning the space from top to bottom. I’d assumed that short of vacuuming…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Catie Keck

The Roomba i3+ Is a Self-Emptying Robovac That’s Practically Affordable

Finally! The good robovac stuff in a robot some people can afford. iRobot, maker of roving house helpers Roomba and Braava, today announced the launch of its Roomba i3+, a mid-range vacuum that’ll get features standard of models with a far steeper price tag. At present, the most affordable models currently offered in the Roomba…

Gadgets Catie Keck

iRobot’s Cheapest Roombas Might Finally Be Worth Buying

Robot vacuums have always been dubiously “smart” for the average person. Sure, high-end models do a pretty good job at automated cleaning, but cheaper models tend to be more hit-or-miss. But today, iRobot has released a new AI platform for its wifi-connected Roombas and Brava jet robomops that might actually make buying a cheaper, more…

Gadgets Victoria Song

If You’re a Zillionaire Neat Freak, iRobot’s New Roomba and Mop Bot Are a Dream Come True

While most home robots never see much success with consumers, iRobot’s made a nice little niche for itself with its Roombas. Today, the company is announcing its most advanced bot to date—the Roomba s9+: A self-emptying, room-memorizing cleaner that also costs a whopping $1,300 to start. Oh…and iRobot has also gotten around to refreshing its…

Reviews Victoria Song

Police Respond to 911 Burglary Call, Guns Drawn—Turns Out to Be a Roomba

On Tuesday afternoon, police in Oregon received a 911 call claiming someone had locked themselves in the bathroom, according to a Facebook post from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. According to the law enforcement department, several police officers responded to the call, surrounded the house, commanded the suspect to come out, and drew their guns.…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz

‘Doomba’ Will Turn Your Roomba Into a Doom Hellscape Generator

The Roomba’s most sinister-sounding feature—recording maps of your home that iRobot CEO Colin Angle swears he will totally never sell to advertisers—can now be used for more overtly hellish purposes thanks to Doomba, a tool that converts Roomba maps for use in the 1993 shooter Doom. In just a few steps, Doomba can create a…

Games Tom McKay

iRobot Finally Makes a Roomba That Empties Itself

With the new i7+, it looks like iRobot is taking robot vacuums a step closer to truly being a hands-free way to keep your floors clean. Instead of having to constantly empty the robot’s tiny dirt bin, the i7+ has an oversized dock that transfers dust and debris into a larger reservoir with disposable bags…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Robovacs Are Terrible, and a Bad Gift Idea

Listen to me, no one needs a robovac of any kind. Whether it’s a Roomba, an EcoVac, or a cheap Anker like what I’ve got—they’re nothing more than infant-sized metal-and plastic turds that push small piles of dirt around and scream when they cannot figure out what “rugs” are. They are inefficient, wasteful annoyances that…

Gadgets Joe Tonelli

Your Roomba’s Also a Half-Decent Nanny

Need to run downstairs to fetch the laundry? Or maybe there’s a phone call you just have to take? Life with a baby can make even the smallest chores feel like a herculean task if you don’t have a nanny. But it turns out, if you keep your floors clean using a robot, maybe you…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Roomba CEO Swears That He Will Never Sell Maps of Users’ Homes, So Help Him God

iRobot, the maker of Roomba, made big news this week when an interview with its CEO mentioned plans to sell the map data of customers’ homes to third parties. Today, the company launched damage control measures and the CEO is spreading assurances that this is all just a big misunderstanding. https://gizmodo.com/roombas-next-big-step-is-selling-maps-of-your-home-to-t-1797187829 In a statement first…

Privacy & Security Rhett Jones

Roomba’s Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder

The Roomba is generally regarded as a cute little robot friend that no one but dogs would consider to be a potential menace. But for the last couple of years, the robovacs have been quietly mapping homes to maximize efficiency. Now, the device’s makers plan to sell that data to smart home device manufacturers, turning…

Privacy & Security Rhett Jones

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 just 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.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Genius Vacuum-Hating Dog Figured Out How to Turn Off Its Owner’s Roomba

Dogs are some of the most loving and affectionate pets you can own, but they do have one sworn enemy: vacuum cleaners. They’ll incessantly bark, or run and hide while you’re cleaning your floors. But one dog adapted to its owner’s Roomba wandering all over the house like it owns the place—it’s apparently learned how…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Roomba: I Fought the Paw and the Paw Won

The electric vacuum cleaner has been terrorizing dogs for nearly a century. But one dog in Texas has stood up to the latest edition of this horrifying menace. Or, more appropriately, lied down to it. The heroic dog, known as Gauge, was minding his own business when the Roomba decided to attack. Unfazed, Gauge stood…

Tech News Matt Novak

Creators of the Roomba Admit That It Smears Shit Around People’s Homes ‘a Lot’

Sometimes, life gets you down. Sometimes, a dick cuts ahead of you in line at the airport and you miss your flight. Sometimes, you bite into a moldy peach. And sometimes, your Roomba smears pet shit all over your house. In the latter scenario, at least, you’re not alone. According to iRobot, the company behind…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman

Look How Fast This Damn Roomba Can Go

One day, when climate change has finally turned the Earth into a real-life version of the Hunger Games, we’ll probably race these things for fun. Maybe we’ll even slap a child on top! Hey, they basically already do it in Texas. Sure, this is probably just a Roomba shell on an RC car. (The video…

Sploid Sophie Kleeman

We Can Finally Stick a Name on iRobot’s Rumored Lawn Mowing Robot

Your lawn is a money pit that requires ungodly amounts of water and labor to keep it green and trim. We’ve known for sometime that iRobot, the Roomba company, has been on a mission to put your landscaper out of a job with a robot. Thanks to a trademark filing reported by Robotics Trends, there’s…

Tech News Gautham Thomas

Turn Your Roomba Into the Star Wars Droid You Already Pretend It Is

iRobot’s Roomba vacuum cleaners are about the closest thing you can get to having a real Star Wars droid at home. In fact, many Roomba owners are happy to pretend their robovac is just a shorter version of R2-D2 while it works away, and this decal set will help make that even more believable. There…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Roomba’s New Tiny Robot Mops Instead of Sucks

Roombas are, presumably, very cool. Sharing a home with a black lab, a white Persian and a lot of rugs with tassels means I would not know. Roombas are for people with wall to wall carpets. Or rugs sans the tassles. The iRobot Braava Jet 240 (made by them Roomba folks) is for another subset…

Tech News Alex Cranz

iRobot is Selling Their Military Robotics Division to Focus On Cute House Cleaners

Robot manufacturer iRobot announced on Thursday that they would be selling off their military line of robots to Arlington Capital Partners to be spun off into a new company, in order to better focus on the growing market for home robotics. iRobot is famous for their home cleaning robot, the Roomba, as well as the…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

The Roomba i3+ Brilliantly Tamed My Pet Hair-Covered Home

The Roomba i3+ Is a Self-Emptying Robovac That’s Practically Affordable

iRobot’s Cheapest Roombas Might Finally Be Worth Buying

If You’re a Zillionaire Neat Freak, iRobot’s New Roomba and Mop Bot Are a Dream Come True

Police Respond to 911 Burglary Call, Guns Drawn—Turns Out to Be a Roomba

‘Doomba’ Will Turn Your Roomba Into a Doom Hellscape Generator

iRobot Finally Makes a Roomba That Empties Itself

Robovacs Are Terrible, and a Bad Gift Idea

Your Roomba’s Also a Half-Decent Nanny

Roomba CEO Swears That He Will Never Sell Maps of Users’ Homes, So Help Him God

Roomba’s Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder

Google’s Plan to Make Assistant Actually Useful

Genius Vacuum-Hating Dog Figured Out How to Turn Off Its Owner’s Roomba

Roomba: I Fought the Paw and the Paw Won

Creators of the Roomba Admit That It Smears Shit Around People’s Homes ‘a Lot’

Look How Fast This Damn Roomba Can Go

We Can Finally Stick a Name on iRobot’s Rumored Lawn Mowing Robot

Turn Your Roomba Into the Star Wars Droid You Already Pretend It Is

Roomba’s New Tiny Robot Mops Instead of Sucks

iRobot is Selling Their Military Robotics Division to Focus On Cute House Cleaners

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