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Roomba

A Roomba is an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner made by the company iRobot, and was first introduced in September 2002. Roombas have a set of sensors which help them navigate the floor area of a home. These sensors can detect the presence of obstacles and steep drops (e.g., to avoid falling down stairs).

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Inception
17 September 2002; 23 years ago (17 September 2002)
Manufacturer
iRobot
Models made
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Type
Robotic vacuum cleaner

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Roomba

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples186
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Roomba

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related to Programming · 19
Roomba → Bluetooth, From, However, Lisp, Mini-DIN, Models, October, OI, One, OSMO, PC/Mac, Roomba Serial Command Interface, Roomba's, Roombas, RS-232, The, The Roomba Open Interface, USB, Versions
related to history · 15
Roomba → Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Bissell, December, Denning Mobile Robot Company, Development, DustPuppy, Early, Engineer Joe Jones, Johnson, Jones, LEGO, MIT Computer Science, September, The, US
related to Ninth generation: j series · 15
Roomba → Both, Combo, Costco, In September, October, On September, OS, Precision Vision, Roomba Combo, Roombas, September, Shipping, The, The Roomba, The Roomba Combo
related to Seventh generation: i series and e series · 15
Roomba → Clean Base, Clean Base Automatic Dirt, Clean Base's, Costco, Disposal Station, European, EVO, Home, In September, It, Roomba's, Similarly, The, The Roomba, This
related to Design · 12
Roomba → All, Dual Mode Virtual Wall, However, It, Most, Most Roomba, Once, Some, The, The S9, Virtual Wall, Virtual Wall Lighthouse
related to Sixth generation: 900 series · 12
Roomba → Amazon's Echo, Android, As, August, Each, However, Integration, Push, September, The, The Roomba, Wi-Fi
related to Control and cleaning · 11
Roomba → All Roomba, Clean, Dock, HOME, Later, Many, Older Roombas, Roombas, Subsequent Roomba, The, Third-generation
related to Models · 11
Roomba → All, An, As, Clean Base, Home Base, IR, RCON, Roomba's, The, These, This
related to Pathing · 11
Roomba → CTO Rodney Brooks, However, Instead, MIT, Responsive Cleaning Technology, Roombas, Some, Starting, The, This, To
related to Third generation: Professional and 500/600 series · 10
Roomba → August, It, Pet Series, Professional Series, Roombas, Several, The, The Roomba, The Roombas, Wi-Fi

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models irobot series also cleaning roombas vacuum robot sensors new clean introduced room model released floor base home first infrared

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RoombaInception17 September 2002; 23 years ago (17 September 2002)1.00infobox
RoombaManufactureriRobot1.00infobox
RoombaModels madeSee list1.00infobox
RoombaTypeRobotic vacuum cleaner1.00infobox
RoombaWebsitewww.irobot.com/en_US/roomba.html1.00infobox
Roombais aautonomous robotic vacuum cleaner made by the company iRobot0.90text
pet wasteinstance ofavoid obstacles0.80text
charging cablesinstance ofavoid obstacles0.80text
and find charging stationsinstance ofavoid obstacles0.80text
stairsinstance ofon the bottom of the unit similarly prevent them from falling off ledges0.80text
Roombarelated to Control and cleaningAll Roomba0.60section
Roombarelated to Control and cleaningThird-generation0.60section

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