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Hmm, something wrong with this Roomba...
This Roomba seems to be a pretty close duplicate of the Trilobite robot cleaner that Electrolux has published here in Europe already last winter... And yet the Roomba site claims it to be developed totally in the US... Hmm, who spied who??? Here's the Swedish site: http://trilobite.electrolux.se/, for some reason I didn't find any English versions, although many reviews were available around the web, as it has been available for some time already. Funny thing, the article on the usatoday.com was written almost exactly the same way as one article on a big Finnish technology magazine, with dogs and all! Journalists are the same around the globe, have to find that humane connection... Anyway, my Scandinavian pride is hurt now, I've got to find out who was the original inventor and who just copied everything (even the design is too similar!!). Good for robotics though, both of them! Hannu Lesonen |
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Strange Indeed
I guess the americans thought they could do / sell it better... ** sigh ** There's another article on the topic at Time Magazine -- Maid To Order. Also one in The Guardian Our Friends Electric, not forgetting the Boston Herald The Next Revolution in Household Chores. |
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