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This is year 2009. Where’s my flying car, jetpack and my personal robot?

16 Aug

Fly­ing car — sorry. Jet­pack — nope. Per­sonal Robot — check!  And it’s called the Roomba!  Seri­ously this is the clos­est you could get to an afford­able per­sonal robot today that actu­ally does some­thing useful.

I recently pur­chased the Roomba 535. Being my first Roomba, I wasn’t sure what to expect.  When the Roomba actu­ally arrived I was even more skep­ti­cal.  This thing looked puny com­pared to con­ven­tional vac­uum cleaners.

I charged it, and set it loose.  I was pleas­antly sur­prised!  This is an amaz­ing device!  Not just from a vac­u­um­ing per­spec­tive, but from a geek’s per­spec­tive as well.  I’ve built robots myself and could relate to how it worked inter­nally and it was absolutely fascinating!

Here’s a review as a first time owner and an electronics/software enthusiast.

530-roomba

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