iRobot files for bankruptcy

“Shouldn’t” affect devices, but starting to make a plan b maybe a good idea.

I use to be a big fan of their robots, went through multiple iterations! But unfortunately, they got surpassed by competitors in features and price.

I had 2 of them in the beginning as they were the leader but as they started to fumble I switched to RoboRock.
I still hear "Bumper Stuck" in my sleep.

1 Like

Does that little head stick up all the time...looks like it would keep it from fitting under lower couches (which we happen to have)?

Being tall people I have already jacked up the couches.
La-z-boy thinks we're all 160 cm tall; I'm 193, the kids are past me.
I did have to jack it up another Lidar lift but it was fine.
Just hit the shop to do some woodworking.
I see a few companies are coming out with Lidar-less vacuums and relying on just cameras.
We know how that's going eh Elon? :rofl:

1 Like

I’ve seen some newer models, not sure if Roborock or Ecovacs, that now have the ability to pop-out the lidar and retract it to fit under shorter furniture. Pretty cool, until the point where visual only is sufficient… (It works for me and I mostly don’t bump into things all the time, so I figure it should also work for a robot!) :blush:

1 Like