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robotstocknews.blogspot.com - 5/26/2009

- All about iRobot, Roomba, Scooba and PackBot: iRobot Develops Square-Sided Roomba!

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BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) has developed a new Roomba design that features a square front end and a round rear, enabling better cleaning of corners and and wall edges while maintaining most of the iconic round robot's maneuverability and escapability, according ...

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wired.com - 5/19/2009

Video: iRobot Rolls Out One-Pound Machine, Ready to Swarm

— wired.com — iRobot has built over 2,000 machines for the military. Most of ‘em are 50 pounds plus, and more than three feet long. But, lately, the company has been working on an itty-bitty version of its Packbot reconnaissance machine — one that weighs less than ... (more) Video: iRobot Rolls Out One-Pound Machine, Ready to Swarm

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robotstocknews.blogspot.com - 6/1/2009

- All about iRobot, Roomba, Scooba and PackBot: iRobot Plans to Potty Train Roomba! Patent ...

— robotstocknews.blogspot.com — BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: Roomba will finally learn how to go potty, all by him or herself, if iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) follows through on a patent application published this year. According to the patent filing discovered by Robot Stock News , iRobot has ... (more) - All about iRobot, Roomba, Scooba and PackBot: iRobot ...

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kokeytechnology.com - 5/29/2009

iRobot Roomba 535 Robotic Vacuum with Lighthouse Technology Sale - $149.99

— kokeytechnology.com — The iRobot Roomba 535 Robotic Vacuum with Lighthouse Technology has been featured here before. The price of iRobot Roomba 535 Robotic Vacuum with Lighthouse Technology at that time was $315 but is now being sold online on woot for only $149.99.Wow! What a price drop for only a couple of ... (more) iRobot Roomba 535 Robotic Vacuum with Lighthouse ...

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Roomba Patent Solves Pesky Corner-Cleaning Problem With Simple Geometry [Roombas]
Gizmodo — ... , except when it comes to corners. Apparently bothered by this, iRobot's engineers have patented a Roomba with a corner specialty. The secret trick: it's square. ...

Square Roomba could change your life
CrunchGear — ... Friends, every morning I wake up, look at myself in the mirror, and choke up. Look at me: a 34-year-old man, overweight, exhausted, with acid reflux and sleep apnea. I feel like the underside of a bench at the Greyhound depot. But then I wake up and see stuff like this. That’s right: that, people, is a Roomba with freaking corners. ...

iRobot's new Roomba patent could clean those hard to reach areas, get stuck there
Engadget — ... a squared off front, designed to hit those hard to reach corners that the traditional circular device cannot. This design change, while it seems minor, actually lends a level of complexity to the device: a square robot requires more complex programming, lest it get stuck in a niche that its round faced predecessor could never reach in the first place. Of course, there's no telling when (or if) this one will see the light of day, but you'll know as soon as we do. Promise. [Via Robot Stock News] ...