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- noun trademark A
robotic vacuum cleaner made and sold by iRobot.
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A Roomba is basically a shorter, squatter version of R2D2 (who already had body-image issues) designed not [...]
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A Roomba is basically a shorter, squatter version of R2D2 (who already had body-image issues) designed not [...]
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A Roomba is basically a shorter, squatter version of R2D2 (who already had body-image issues) designed not to save the galaxy but to suck up dust bunnies.
Robot Anxiety 2009
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Roomba is what happens when robo-wizardry collides with practical needs.
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Listen, I understand this one called Roomba (ph), which does the vacuuming, and there's 1.5 million of these babies out there already.
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Roomba is a pretty cool little autonomous vacuum cleaner that tirelessly circulates through your home sucking up dirt.
Boing Boing: October 6, 2002 - October 12, 2002 Archives 2002
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It's best known for the automated vacuum cleaner called the Roomba, but also sells robots for everything from cleaning the pool to scouring the gutters.
Rise Of The Personal Robot Brian Caulfield 2010
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The Roomba is a robot vacuum, and the first really successful home robot.
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In many ways the Roomba is a lot less sophisticated than earlier attempts to build home robots.
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While it may not have the flash of the Jetsons 'maid Rosie, the Roomba is the first successful consumer robot.
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