Comment on The store that sells them is not dumb enough to use them
obvs@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve had a Roomba, and I’ve manually cleaned a floor.
There’s nothing dumb about not having to vacuum and mop.
Comment on The store that sells them is not dumb enough to use them
obvs@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve had a Roomba, and I’ve manually cleaned a floor.
There’s nothing dumb about not having to vacuum and mop.
Godort@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
The best argument I heard for getting one of these was an appeal to laziness.
Either the robot vacuum cleans the floor, or it simply doesn’t happen unless it gets bad enough to justify the time spent doing it. It’s better to live in a house with perpetually clean floors rather than one where the floors get bad enough until you’re forced to take action.
Clent@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Roombas aren’t designed for commercial spaces.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
Yeah, this looks like a store inside a mall. If they used one of their vacuums, it’d not be contained within the store since they just kinda drive around until they hit a wall or come to a ledge before changing directions.
Drusas@fedia.io 1 day ago
They can store maps so that they don't go out of a designated area.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 16 hours ago
Are there open-source alternatives, or any DIY projects?
I’ve seen 3D printer files for the case. What else do you need besides some wheels, some circuitry, a battery, some lidar or ultrasonic rangefinders, a microcontroller, and some code?
Doesn’t seem too difficult if you know how to solder and can find instructions. The hardest part would be programming it, but if the code already exists…
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It takes me a fraction of the time to sweep/vacuum/mop the floor compared to my robot, but the difference is the robot takes a fraction of my time since I can start it and let it run with the odd bit of maintenance and sometimes rescuing it when it gets trapped or sucked up something it shouldn’t.
It’s not a panacea, I still have to ensure that the area is fully clean except for the sweeping and mopping portion. However, as long as I keep up on that part, I can let the robot run overnight and have clean floors in the morning.
Drusas@fedia.io 2 hours ago
The ones which can handle long hair and dog fur are a godsend.