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Re:I am mesmerized by our new robotic vacuum (2019) by numpad0 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:43AM (#22603245)
One actual problem I had with a most basic Roomba(6xx) was it was banging a shelf in the room at exact same angle each run every day, which eventually toppled a thing on it and splayed water all around.

I felt like writing a automobile recall notice that says “inappropriate X leading to Y after Z repeats” of which X seems pretty benign item like a wire sheath was just one step too thin or a strap was too tight by a notch.

Damn those things are consistent and it’s extraordinary how powerful consistency is...

Re:I am mesmerized by our new robotic vacuum (2019) by Intermernet on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:20AM (#22604153)
The correct bug fix for this is to move random items in the house periodically. If it can't be random, then you can.
Re:I am mesmerized by our new robotic vacuum (2019) by exikyut on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:00PM (#22618081)
I wonder how you'd compute/reason about/define the axis point dividing the complexity of remembering to move random items around and the complexity of just doing the vacuuming yourself.