Two Timing Roomba Discovery Reviews

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Roomba Discovery

Roomba Discovery 07/12/2004 07:39 AM

Oh hey, new Roomba! The Roomba Discovery is being pre-sold "exclusively [to] current Roomba owners" at the moment, but includes some much-needed improvements, like a self-charging Home Base which the Roomba will head to, automatically, when done cleaning (finally!), an "intense cleaning" feature (presumably detecting areas that need multiple passes, and a dust bin that's 3 times larger. Sounds like an all-around improvement, so good on them. The Discovery is currently being sold on the iRobot Store site for $250.
R ead - Product Page [NewRoomba]

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Australian Robot Vacuum Contender: Floorbotics [Gizmodo]
Trilobite Vs. Roomba: The Mystery Revealed [ArtOfSpeed]
Electrolux Trilobite Robotic Floor Vac Review (Bunny Not Included) [Gizmodo]

Microsoft Releases Web Services Dynamic
Discovery Specification (WS-Discovery)

Microsoft Releases Web Services Dynamic
Discovery Specification (WS-Discovery) 02/18/2004 10:43 AM
XMLMania.com Feb 18 2004 1:49PM GMT

Web Services Dynamic Discovery
(WS-Discovery) Specification Released

Web Services Dynamic Discovery
(WS-Discovery) Specification Released 02/19/2004 03:34 PM
WS-Discovery enables advertisement and dynamic discovery of services on both ad-hoc and managed networks. Services may be organized in a hierarchical scope, and clients can query for services by type as well as scope without heavy administrative costs. This specification enables numerous design patterns for enterprise services; provides a discovery architecture for peer-to-peer services like buddy lists, websites, and file shares; and forms the basis for discovering network-attached devices such as printers, cameras, and PDAs.

New Mobile Phone Forum Featuring
Discussion Forums, Brand Reviews, FAQs,
Service Providers Reviews

New Mobile Phone Forum Featuring
Discussion Forums, Brand Reviews, FAQs,
Service Providers Reviews 12/22/2004 01:50 AM
Mobile Phone Discussion Forum. Share your views and experience at forums. Discuss all about Mobile phone manufacturers and service providers. Checkout cell phone reviews, FAQs. [PRWEB Dec 20, 2004]

Roomba 0.12

Roomba 0.12 04/28/2004 11:49 AM
Room booking software for hotels.

Roomba

Roomba 04/10/2004 02:05 PM
0.11 released

Roomba Gets Overhaul

Roomba Gets Overhaul 07/13/2004 02:02 PM
Extreme Tech Jul 13 2004 5:46PM GMT

I lust for a Roomba

I lust for a Roomba 02/10/2004 01:28 PM
I'm just listening to Helen Greiner's presentation of Roomba. She actually has one that she is running on the table, and the #etech -channel is filled with geeks declaring their instant love at the tiny little home robot.

Can't say I'm much different.

I seriously, seriously want one. Like now.

Update: Joi snapped a photo of me, relaxing outside :-)

Update2: I'm now a bit less enthusiastic. IRobot does in addition build the PackBot, which is a military bot. We were shown a cool video in which the PackBot? is thrown in through a window to a building, drives off the roof, and drives directly into a river; surviving all this stuff. It was apparently used during the Afghan war as well. It's just a matter of time before they strap it with guns.

Revenge of the Roomba

Revenge of the Roomba 07/13/2004 03:41 PM
The profesor sent us this about the new and improved Roomba robot vacuum cleaner: iRobot yesterday announced some new versions of our Roomba line of robotic vacuums. Cool new features include a recharging docking station and a dirt sensor, in addition to many changes to make it a more solid product. For more details see the iRobot press release. According to their website, the new version also includes a bigger dust bin that holds three times as much as the old Roomba. I've also heard that Roomba hackers may find some interesting new changes inside too. But can it still be used to deliver beer?

More Roomba hacking

More Roomba hacking 07/14/2004 10:00 AM
Another group of hardware hackers have at a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner:

"For higher level control, we've attached a Virgin Webplayer. The Webplayer was sold as a loss leader for Virgin's internet service in the late 90s, and thus can be found on ebay for under $100. It has two serial ports, a 200MHz Geode processor, 64M ram, and a miniPCI port. Thus, we can give it an 802.11b card, a webcam, and a usb-serial adapter."

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SmartCarpet Roomba Killer

SmartCarpet Roomba Killer 06/17/2005 06:15 PM

Foreign companies Vorwerk and Infineon are furthering the process of making Americans even more lazy. Research into the popular robot vacuum, Roomba, has shown the inefficiency of being able to cover all parts of the carpet. These foreigners are developing a robotic vacuum that interacts with RFID chips imbedded into the carpet. The robot uses the RFID transmission information to decipher whether or not it has actually covered all areas of the carpet.

Intelligent Robot Vacuum [Ohgizmo.com]

Roomba customer support

Roomba customer support 07/02/2004 04:35 PM
We have a Roomba at home to sweet our floor while we're out (it's really noisy). Yes, from iRobot makers of the "next step in unmanned tactical mobile robots". In other words: They are makers of robotic killing machines! Anyway, one of the evil cats ate the power supply some time ago, so it hasn't gotten much use lately. (Her cats, I usually say when they do things like that) I sent them an email through their online email form...

Back-door your Roomba

Back-door your Roomba 05/07/2004 03:35 AM
PT sez, "This week's "how to" article from Engadget shows how to put the Roomba Robot Vacuum in hardware check mode. This is a useful mode for Roomba hackers (and anyone else) to test the functions of the unit as well as see how the unit works, test the 'virtual walls,' clean specific parts and have some fun."

Pressing the L button for the 5th time (you'll hear 5 beeps) will put the Roomba in "bulldozer" mode, in other words it'll just roll forward no matter what, the sensors and bumpers and picking it up will not stop it. Be careful, don't let the Roomba damage you or itself.

Link (Thanks, PT!)

Roomba is Sucking up Christmas Dollars

Roomba is Sucking up Christmas Dollars 12/19/2004 03:41 PM
A new CNET article notes that the iRobot Roomba is a hot item among Christmas shoppers this season. Best Buy claims it's the most popular gift item at their stores this year and the Roomba 4100 has also recently reached the number four position on Amazon's Housewares top sellers list (it has since dropped to position six). The San Mateo Daily Journal recently picked the Roomba as number six on its list of the top ten holiday gadgets. So you better watch out, Santa may be bringing you an autonomous robot vacuum cleaner this year.

Trilobite Vs. Roomba: The Mystery
Revealed

Trilobite Vs. Roomba: The Mystery
Revealed 06/01/2004 01:53 PM

Ever wonder why the Trilobite 2.0 robotic vacuum is about $1,800 when you can get a good ol' American Roomba for as low as $160? Turns out, it's because the Roomba is, as robots are judged, pretty dumb. One of I4U's readers with a degree in human computer interaction and artificial intelligence wrote a nice piece about some of the major differences between the two robot vacuums, which he compares to the difference between a "Trabant versus a Rolls." Unfortunately, without one of them fancy AI degrees, the Roomba is the one I can afford.
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Hack-Friendly Roomba Scheduler

Hack-Friendly Roomba Scheduler 06/24/2005 04:01 PM

CNET News.com gets freaked out when we link to their stories and use their pictures, so thank god iRobot has a picture of their new Roomba Scheduler on their site already. The Schedular is pretty similar to the Discovery, except it includes a timer function that can be set to activate the robot on a schedule (hence...). It's sort of an obvious, if welcome, upgrade, so the additional news that iRobot will be encouraging tinkerers to hack in additional features into this model is great. A Roomba with a camera is cool, but I think it's time somebody figured out how to make a Roomba that's smart enough to not eat cords.

Catalog Page [iRobot]
Trick out your Roomba [News.com]

Roomba Discover vs Sharper Image eVac

Roomba Discover vs Sharper Image eVac 08/10/2004 10:18 AM
Everyday Robots has posted a comparison of the Roomba Discovery and Sharper Image eVac robot vacuum cleaners. It's primarily a consumer-oriented review on points such as suction power and carpet types rather than more interesting things like hackability. But if you're thinking about buying a robot vacuum for its intended purpose, this could be a helpful review.

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XML-RSS-Timing-1.06

XML-RSS-Timing-1.06 01/26/2004 04:45 AM

Bad Timing

Bad Timing 02/10/2004 02:45 AM
Continuing adventures with Time Warner Cable... ...

Bad timing for bug

Bad timing for bug 09/15/2004 12:25 AM
USA Today Sep 15 2004 4:33AM GMT

XML-RSS-Timing-1.07

XML-RSS-Timing-1.07 05/19/2004 06:08 PM

Timing is everything

Timing is everything 08/06/2004 11:08 AM
The arrest of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani on July 25, days before the Democratic convention, was Pakistan's biggest terrorist collar since last year. Coincidence? Perhaps not.

XML-RSS-Timing-1.05

XML-RSS-Timing-1.05 01/25/2004 05:46 AM

XML-RSS-Timing-1.04

XML-RSS-Timing-1.04 01/25/2004 05:46 AM

XML-RSS-Timing-1.03

XML-RSS-Timing-1.03 01/25/2004 05:46 AM

Timing the 64-bit move

Timing the 64-bit move 08/18/2004 10:01 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Aug 19 2004 2:23AM GMT

Terrible timing

Terrible timing 12/27/2004 04:34 AM
USA Today Dec 27 2004 7:02AM GMT

Bill's Bad Timing

Bill's Bad Timing 01/27/2004 11:00 PM

Bill Gates was too busy having tea with the Queen while back at home his always trusty Windows OS was being attacked yet again by a fast spreading worm. He took a moment to comment on the perceived security of Linux and OS X.

Noting the large number of major virus epidemics during the past two years, Gates said that in some ways, "hackers are good for maturation" of the platform, because they have forced the company to develop new inspection techniques for the code.

Huh?

More and more, Bill reminds me of the Iraqi stooge who claimed Iraq was winning the war when you could practically hear the bombs dropping during his press conferences. Windows has security issues and releasing patches as a way to deal with these problems will eventually catch up with Microsoft.

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The Timing Was Right, But Is She With
Panda?

The Timing Was Right, But Is She With
Panda? 04/11/2005 08:26 PM
The National Zoo is using its Web site to give the nation a front-row seat for their giant pandas' continuing pregnancy story.

It's all in the timing for Real

It's all in the timing for Real 12/18/2003 08:44 PM
Analysts see an ongoing European investigation of Microsoft, an update to Windows XP and other factors as prompting the company's antitrust suit.

Timing Your Trades

Timing Your Trades 07/01/2004 12:32 PM
Don't buy the right stock at the wrong time. Trade strategically.

Timing of Hibernation

Timing of Hibernation 05/10/2004 05:46 PM
This week's question: What starts hibernation, temperature or time of year?

Say No to Market Timing

Say No to Market Timing 01/27/2004 02:56 PM
Market timing is unreliable. Don't get burned.

Timing & Vested Rights

Timing & Vested Rights 08/22/2004 05:39 PM
Doug Lichtman is an information law scholar at University of Chicago and one of the best of our generation (I recommend in particular his information platforms piece). He and I agree on many things, but disagree on some too. And when you boil things down, the differences come down to...

OpenSSL Timing Attack

OpenSSL Timing Attack 02/24/2003 08:37 PM
Noel Davis looks at problems in OpenSSL, Oracle, mod_php, MySQL, pam_xauth, VNC, apcupsd, nethack, Rogue, and BitchX.

Timing Looks Right for Storage Decisions

Timing Looks Right for Storage Decisions 09/17/2004 06:34 PM
The Chicago event will bring together more than 500 IT storage professionals to rate vendors' products, check out the latest announcements and decide what's worth buying.

Shark Tank: Timing Is Everything

Shark Tank: Timing Is Everything 02/01/2005 09:06 PM
This site has hundreds of ancient reels of backup tape listed in its inventory, and the drives to read them are long gone. But getting a manager to sign off for their destruction still isn't easy. ...

Timing Your Home Purchase

Timing Your Home Purchase 05/06/2004 08:58 AM
Some times are better than others to buy or sell that home.
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Bush versus Reagan (Iraqi versus
American)

Bush versus Reagan (Iraqi versus
American) 07/17/2004 11:22 AM

A friend was complaining about Ronald Reagan yesterday, not completely mollified by his death.  What had Reagan done to bother her, I asked?  She was upset by Reagan's appointments to the Supreme Court, by his inaction on AIDS, and a variety of other domestic issues.  How could she hate Reagan more than Bush? "Bush is out there messing up foreign countries instead of our own."

Despite not having voted for either man, I discovered a strong personal preference for Reagan over Bush II.  Reagan was an American working on American problems.  Maybe he didn't do as good a job as we would have liked, but at least he was trying.  Bush, on the other hand, projects an image of spending all of his time and energy thinking about Iraq and Iraqis.  The only explanation that makes sense is that Bush is actually an Iraqi.  Who other than an Iraqi would be so interested in Iraq?  When W. is not talking about Iraq he is often talking about Jesus so probably he is an Assyrian Christian, one of the groups that lived in Iraq before the Arab invasion (background< /A>).

Perhaps Kerry and Edwards have a chance after all because they are running against a foreigner.

[Note:  there is some chance that Bush is Kuwaiti or Saudi rather than Iraqi.  The owners of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia were badly inconvenienced by Saddam.  There was a New York Times article right after the 1991 Gulf War where they talked about how the Emir of Kuwait would marry a 13- or 14-year-old girl every Friday night and then divorce her on Saturday and that this was the kind of lifestyle that American troops were supporting by giving Kuwait back to the Emir--you could understand why the Emir, even with $billions in foreign bank accounts, was so anxious to have his country back.  Still, there were never too many Christians in Kuwait or Saudi Arabia so evidence points back to W. being an Iraqi]

New Lead-Free Solderability/Wetting
Balance and New Universal Grid CCD
Alignment System to be Introduced at
APEX, IPC Printed Circuits Expo

New Lead-Free Solderability/Wetting
Balance and New Universal Grid CCD
Alignment System to be Introduced at
APEX, IPC Printed Circuits Expo 02/05/2005 09:39 PM
W.M. Hague Company will introduce the new Concoat Systems MUST II Plus Solderability/Wetting Balance Test system and the Nidec-Read PHE Non-Contact C4 Semiconductor Package Tester at the APEX, IPC Printed Circuits Expo February 22-24. In addition, W.M. Hague Company will also be showing Luther & Maelzer’s LM40 Flying Probe and introducing the OMA-2 automatic CCD alignment option for L&M’s LM400 50 mil Universal Grid Bare Board Test Systems. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

eMac Versus iMac Versus PowerBook

eMac Versus iMac Versus PowerBook 04/21/2004 06:37 PM
By Rob-ART Morgan, Bare Feats (via MyAppleMenu)

Review of the Electrolux Trilobite

Review of the Electrolux Trilobite 09/14/2004 12:56 PM
Our friends at Everyday Robots have posted a new robot product review. This time they review the Electrolux EL520A Trilobite robotic vacuum cleaner. The Trilobite, named after the extinct arthorpod of the same name and not to be confused with the Trilobot, is much more expensive than the Roomba but tries to make up for that by having more features such as a bigger dust bin, a HEPA filter, "European design", and a some intelligence that is used to map the room where it will be vacuuming.

Google versus Yahoo versus MSN

Google versus Yahoo versus MSN 03/31/2005 09:13 AM
Hindustantimes.com - Thu Mar 31, 12:56 pm GMT

Trilobite was ancient snack food

Trilobite was ancient snack food 04/14/2004 06:33 AM
Direct evidence has been found that trilobites, the most diverse animals in the fossil record, were eaten by other ancient sea creatures.

New Electrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot

New Electrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot 05/29/2004 04:50 PM

New Elextrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot

New Elextrolux Trilobite 2.0 Vacuum
Robot 05/29/2004 06:00 PM
Slashdot May 29 2004 9:27PM GMT

iRobot

iRobot 02/10/2004 02:48 PM
Helen Greiner, CEO of iRobot, which is making robots subsurvient to us. X, Y, and Z...and its a Robot! Technology: Navigation (coverage algorythms, wall following, edge detection), Cleaning (edge cleaning, transition, low power) and Agressive IP protection. Had to innovate...

[etech] iRobot

[etech] iRobot 02/10/2004 02:48 PM
Helen Greiner, iRobot president and cofounder, is giving a commercial. She shows an ad. She tells us her company is hot. She tells us that her company's robotic vacuums (Roombas) pick up more dirt than conventional vacuums and cost less than the competitors. The only topic of technical interest she touches on is how Roombas escape from tricky areas of houses. In her demo of the vacuum, she actually sprinkles crumbs on the floor, like every door-to-door vacuum sales person in history. Oy veh. Vacuum robots are just the tip of the iceberg, she says. [Let's hope so.] The...

Live from ETech: iRobot...

Live from ETech: iRobot... 02/10/2004 02:53 PM

For the most part the ETCon keynotes are pretty much high-concept fluff. They're fundamentally high-profile, high-glamour bits of hardcore tech that (often) are completely outside the practical experience of the so-called Alpha geeks that attend these events. But they have their value - they're designed, I imagine, to be more brain-openers than brain-developers, they're there to extent the aspirations, intentions and creativity of the people who attend the event rather than to be of direct use to them. Nonetheless if you're not blown away by the technology or awed by the future tech on display, they can seem like more of a waste of time. Bring on the stuff I can actually use...

Last year the troubling session of this kind was from K. Eric Drexler on Nanotechnology, which most people had already read about in great length but there wasn't a lot of apparent movement upon. The geeks in the room were interested in the theory but wanted results or something they could participate in. Intrigue fought with frustration and in the end - I think - frustration won. This year that balance was never more in evidence in the second keynote of the morning: Ro bots: Saving Time, Money and Lives.

Helen Greiner from iRobot Corporation came on stage and seemed surprisingly nervous. She started talking about the Roomba automatic robotic hoover and did so at considerable length. The immediate interest ("I want one") faded quite rapidly as people gradually tired of the technological challenges of sensing walls, picking up dust and getting in close to the walls. Watching something of technological interest but distinct from the activities of most of the people in the room just seemed to gradually cease being that fascinating. But all that changed when she moved onto the military applications and particularly the Packbot [See the brochure].

The first reaction to the Packbots is fascination and a certain amount of awe. Comments like "I've seen this movie!" and "I want one" mix with awed responses to the robustness of the devices concerned. A video is shown where a Packbot is thrown through a window, lands with a thump, bounces a bit, rights itself, looks around and wanders off. One zooms up a staircase. One falls from a second story window and survives intact. Murmurs of delight from the audience at the new toy on offer reverberate through the room.

But gradually the mood changes and anxieties start to appear. Questions about the applicability and potential uses of the technology start to collide with the natural utopianism of the geek audience. What will these robots be used for? Who will control them? Where are the controls? It's not immediately clear exactly where the anxiety is coming from - we all appreciate that weapons have to be built, that there is a need for the armed forces. But there seems to be something different about using robotics. Thinking about it I come to the conclusion that maybe it's about a sense of automated killing - an absence of human presence that makes the whole thing resonate with the increasingly mechanised processes of death that echoed through the last century. Is keeping people further out of the equation actually a good idea? Does it discourage or encourage conflict if your side can eradicate another country without suffering any losses at all? Those human horrors of shell-shock and war-weariness - the insanity caused by human-upon-human violence suddenly seem to me almost preferable options - deterrents to conflict designed to stop us arbitrarily exterminating people and going to war.

I'm not going to judge the people involved - I don't have that right. We all know that warfare and the technologies of warfare must evolve and adapt. The arms race still exists, and will continue to do so as long as state feels under threat from other states or from terror-attacks. It's just that I didn't expect such an early brain-opening session to ring such alarm bells or to give me such concern for the future... On occasion, this country I'm visiting feels like it believes itself to be under seige - like some kind of gated-community surrounded by paramilitary, robotic guards...

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iRobot Introduces the Scooba

iRobot Introduces the Scooba 06/05/2005 11:13 PM
The Scooba does for mopping the floor what the Roomba did for vacuuming. Or that's what iRobot hopes according to recent CNN Money and PC Magazine articles. The best quote is from the CNN article which says the Scooba "sucks up the excess water and stores it to be dumped later using artificial intelligence". Wow, I would have thought they'd use a vacuum or a pump of some kind to suck up water but apparently AI does the job just as well. For the real technical details on the Scooba visit the iRobot Scooba Preview page.

Electrolux Trilobite Robotic Floor Vac
Review (Bunny Not Included)

Electrolux Trilobite Robotic Floor Vac
Review (Bunny Not Included) 05/06/2004 07:13 AM
Pocket-Lint got their hands on a Electrolux Trilobite, a cheeky British robot vacuum similar to (inspired by?) the iRobot Roomba. For something that costs £1000, you'd think it might merit a slightly better review, but the Trilobite is apparently sort of skittish; its wall and furniture detection works a little...

Two Timing Roomba Discovery Reviews

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