| The Roomba Robot vacuum cleaner by iRobot | | | | If you use the 4230 Roomba Scheduler version it has |
| Corporation is an innovative unit that will vacuum clean | | | | a build in scheduler unit. With this you can program |
| your house. They released this consumer robot based | | | | Roomba to clean the house whenever you want it to |
| on their expertise in military robots which you can see | | | | and because it has seven programs you can program |
| if you visit their website Although it is a complex unit | | | | it not to wake you up on Saturday or Sunday! |
| under the hood it is simple to use; just put it in the | | | | 5. It cleans the floor at least four times. |
| center of the room and push a button and it will get to | | | | The robot uses some simple algorithms to find it's way |
| work. | | | | around rooms it also has a bit of randomness thrown |
| When you think of robots probably the one that | | | | in which is a good thing since it means that the robot |
| comes to mind are those car manufacturing types | | | | can never get stuck covering the same area |
| with high wires and pipes all over the place but the | | | | endlessly. |
| iRobot is a tiny 3"x14"unit with no external wires or | | | | 6. It can intelligently clean dirtier areas. |
| pipes. For this reason it is perfectly safe around pets | | | | Built in noise sensors can detect when there is a lot of |
| and children. The Roomba robotic vacuum is in more | | | | mess to clean up so the Roomba robotic vacuum will |
| danger from the children! It also gently cleans carpets | | | | stop moving so far and concentrate on that dirtier |
| and will not damage walls or furniture as it has built | | | | area for a while. |
| bump in sensors that are made of soft rubber. | | | | 7. It can clean right up to the edge at the wall |
| 1. It does the vacuuming! | | | | automatically. |
| The Roomba is a self contained floor cleaner robot. | | | | Although it is round it has an external brush that means |
| Each Roomba vacuum has a built in computer giving it | | | | it can clean right up to the wall edges and into corners. |
| the ability to navigate any room and completely | | | | 8. It's much smaller than an upright vacuum so its |
| vacuum the floor. | | | | easier to store. |
| 2. It can clean the entire room without supervision. | | | | Since it is only 3" by 14" it is smaller than any standard |
| The built in computer uses bump sensors to navigate | | | | upright vacuum and you can store it out of sight by |
| it's way around a room (these are gentle enough not | | | | putting it's charging station in a convenient place. |
| to damage any furniture). As well as this it uses a | | | | 9. You don't need to remember to re-charge it. |
| random direction algorithm that means the robot will | | | | Using Infrared sensors it can find it's way back to the |
| not miss any areas of carpet ensuring a good clean. | | | | charging station all by itself so it will re-charge itself |
| 3. It can clean under furniture (it's only 3inches high). | | | | ready for the next vacuuming job. |
| It's small enough to fit under furniture where you can | | | | 10. It won't get stuck cleaning different floor types. |
| not vacuum with a normal upright cleaner. | | | | Built in sensors in the Roomba detect the type of |
| 4. You can schedule cleaning at different times (up to | | | | surface so it can self adjust for hard floor or carpets |
| seven programs). | | | | easily so it won't get stuck cleaning any of your rooms. |