i.gizmodo.com - 1/23/2009
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Long before the sterile Roomba arrived, there was a more anthropomorphic cleaning slave known as the Tomy Dustbot. Released in 1985, the Dustbot is claimed to be the first robot to feature a built-in vacuum cleaner (that broom was just for show) and featured edge detection to turn away from ...
gadgets.boingboing.net - 1/22/2009
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gadgets.boingboing.net —
cleaning_20robot.jpg A chronic pipe smoker constantly belching forth
pungent plumes of camel-scented latakia, char and greasy tobacco...
detritus, the only way my work desk stays clean is by the small armada of battery-powered toy robots who constantly ...
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Tomy Dustbot out-Roombaed Roomba back in 1985 - Boing ...
botjunkie.com - 1/22/2009
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botjunkie.com —
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 21 of
January , 2009 at 10:10 am Tomy Cleaning Robot...
It may have been a full 25 years after RCA first imagined the Roomba , but the Tomy Dustbot, which you could buy in 1985, does just about everything our ...
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Tomy Vacuuming Dustbot Had Edge Sensors In 1985
dvice.com - 1/30/2009
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dvice.com —
If a robot is good enough to vacuum
your floors, why not have one to swoop up...
breadcrumbs from your kitchen table, too? Designed for tables and kitchen countertops, the Mini Robo Vacuum will pick up breadcrumbs, pencil shavings, ice cream sprinkles ...
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Roomba for your kitchen table
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Around the Web 1.23.09: Samsung's loss, DTV's delay and Facebook's spike
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... -- Samsung posts first quarterly loss since the Korean giant reported earnings in 2000. BBC
-- Quick, better invest in Microsoft stock instead. On second thought, maybe not. LAT
-- The Senate is closing in on a bill that would delay the digital TV transition to June 12. TG Daily
-- Before the Roomba, there was Tomy Dustbot. Gizmodo
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