Roomba Knockoff Includes “Anti-Aircraft Fire Performance”

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 1 of December , 2008 at 5:46 am

QQ-3

I’m 99% certain that this is a glitch in Google Translator, but that 1% of just maybe is sheer awesomeness. If there’s one thing that the Roomba seriously lacks, it’s anti-aircraft fire performance. The QQ-3 might look like nothing more than a knockoff of a 400 series Roomba (and the resemblance is uncanny, to put it mildly), but it includes features that the Roomba doesn’t, and I’m not just talking about Stinger missiles hidden away somewhere. The QQ-3 can be scheduled, comes with a remote control, UV sterilizes as it cleans, and has some kind of “air flavoring” function. It’s also got an interesting triangle of sweeper brushes underneath, unlike the Roomba’s parallel double brushes.

Otherwise, the QQ-3 is fairly unremarkable, and just one in a whole family of Asian non-Roombas that we’re not likely to see anywhere near copyright laws. Unless, of course, the military decides that an anti-aircraft Roomba is just what they’re looking for.

[ QQ-3 (Translated) ] VIA [ RSN ]

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