Da Boom-ba

Posted on July 15, 2005 by Gene

They were right. It’s got that TiVo-like vibe.
After less than one day with my Roomba, I’m hooked. Yesterday was fun letting it run around and terrorize the dog, but this morning was it’s first real test — letting it work the way it’s supposed to.
After six or seven times rescuing it from getting stuck at the top stair, I finally left it alone and went to take my shower and do a little morning work. Eventually, the noise (rather annoying, actually) stopped and I came downstairs to rescue it from the step again… only to discover that it had finished vaccuuming the living room, dining room, bathroom and bedroom and returned to it’s little home to recharge. My entire first floor is vaccuumed, with fun random tracks everywhere that signal a freshly cleaned carpet.
And this time, Diego ignored it. Roomba is sitting quietly in it’s little charger on one side of the room, Diego is sitting quietly in his basket on the other. Detente with a clean carpet.
I wonder when they’ll start selling a robot to clean kitchen counters, pick up clothes from the bedroom floor, and tidy up my office?