SharkByte
10-December-2007, 11:41 PM
So Sunday i went by the post offcie and found my new pet Roomba waiting for me in a little box on one of thier shelves. I was excited! theres nothing quite like the thought of a robot running around vacuuming my house for me while I'm at work. So I brought him home, lovingly pulled him out of the box stuffed his craddle under the bed, set him down and watched with delight as he quickly scanned the room, found the craddle and crawled to the home position to charge.
I set the scheduler option so that every weekday at 10am, while I'm at work he'll come out and sweep the bedroom for me. I was out of D cell batteries though so I couldn't set up the virtual walls to keep him in that one room. I figured as long as I close the bedroom door he'll be fine.
When I got home from work today I turned on the light and immediately noticed vacuum tracks all over the living room carpet. I thought, "Oh no, i forgot to close the bedroom door when i left so he got out and is probably lost and alone, stuck under a couch somewhere unable to find his way back through the warren of my house to his craddle to recharge:(
I quickly looked under all the furniture and couldn't find him. As I walked through the house looking I noticed that every room in the house had been vacuumed. He even got under furniture and into spots I thought he should have been to big to get into! No where though, could I find Romulo! I went through each room in the house slowly working my way back to the bedroom. He wasn't under a couch or stuck behind a chair, battery drained and unable to move though. I found him right where he's supposed to be, in his craddle happily charging up for tomorrows adventure's in cleaning:) Somehow he had cleaned his way through the entire bedroom, the computer room, the living room, and the kitchen then found his way back to the bedroom to go to sleep. This little guy totally rocks!
It is quite a site to behold though, when he's happily sweeping up the carpet and he passes close to a speck of dirt or a dust bunny he missed he'll flash a blue light, beep in surprise turn around, grab the dirt then get right back on track:)
I'm thinking he might need a little robot vacuum brother soon... I can't decide if I should dress him up as a Cylon or a Dalek for halloween next year.
I set the scheduler option so that every weekday at 10am, while I'm at work he'll come out and sweep the bedroom for me. I was out of D cell batteries though so I couldn't set up the virtual walls to keep him in that one room. I figured as long as I close the bedroom door he'll be fine.
When I got home from work today I turned on the light and immediately noticed vacuum tracks all over the living room carpet. I thought, "Oh no, i forgot to close the bedroom door when i left so he got out and is probably lost and alone, stuck under a couch somewhere unable to find his way back through the warren of my house to his craddle to recharge:(
I quickly looked under all the furniture and couldn't find him. As I walked through the house looking I noticed that every room in the house had been vacuumed. He even got under furniture and into spots I thought he should have been to big to get into! No where though, could I find Romulo! I went through each room in the house slowly working my way back to the bedroom. He wasn't under a couch or stuck behind a chair, battery drained and unable to move though. I found him right where he's supposed to be, in his craddle happily charging up for tomorrows adventure's in cleaning:) Somehow he had cleaned his way through the entire bedroom, the computer room, the living room, and the kitchen then found his way back to the bedroom to go to sleep. This little guy totally rocks!
It is quite a site to behold though, when he's happily sweeping up the carpet and he passes close to a speck of dirt or a dust bunny he missed he'll flash a blue light, beep in surprise turn around, grab the dirt then get right back on track:)
I'm thinking he might need a little robot vacuum brother soon... I can't decide if I should dress him up as a Cylon or a Dalek for halloween next year.