CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work

Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by visarga on Sunday January 14, 2018 @11:51PM (#16148562)

There is one exception - the robo-vacuum. It's good enough today to run 99% unattended (you still have to empty the dust bin by hand and clean hairs from its wheels). It does a more thorough job than a human already.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by dragonsky67 on Monday January 15, 2018 @12:31AM (#16148703)

We've had a Rumba for some time. In the early days it was used regularly, now almost never. I don't know why, but I find that 5 minutes with a manual vacuum achieves a far better result than watching the Rumba bash it's way around the room for 30 minutes or more.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 15, 2018 @12:02AM (#16148596)

I’ve found the wireless vacuum (eg Dyson) to be even better: you just pull it out, vacuum, put it back. It’s more powerful than a robovac and, without cord fussing, incredibly low overhead.

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Re:CES Was Full of Useless Robots and Machines That Don’t Work by visarga on Monday January 15, 2018 @12:36AM (#16148713)

Depends on the size of the floor. In my house it would take half an hour to do everything by hand, but just one minute to start the robovac.

I use a Xiaomi Mi which has more "smarts" than a Roomba.

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