iRobot To Intro New Product At CES
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Monday, 5 of January , 2009 at 4:25 am
The Boston Globe is reporting that even though iRobot is feeling the economic pinch and will have a smaller booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (where BotJunkie will be as of Tuesday!), they’ve still got some kind of product release planned:
Angle said iRobot has never spent too lavishly at CES. “We’ve always done a modest presence there,” he said. “We don’t break the bank.” Even so, Angle said the company would cut its show expenditures even more this year.
IRobot plans to unveil a product at CES, but Angle refused to provide details. He said the company also sells a substantial number of its robot vacuum cleaners to business people at the show.
Well, thanks a bunch, but I already have a Roomba… Also, I don’t have a pool or a shop, and I do the kitchen floor and the gutters the hard way. What I’d really like would be something to help me mow the lawn, but what we’re probably more likely to see is a commercial release of the ConnectR, which has been languishing in the test phase for a looooong time. However, what with the present availability of other telepresence robots for sorta cheap (or less so), I’m still hoping for something a little more exciting, like maybe a consumer version of this. Worst case would probably be some kind of lame Roomba version with a slightly longer battery life and different color scheme. Or an accessory pack, ugh. Whatever it is, we’ll be bringing it to you this week, live and in person at CES.
[ Boston Globe ] VIA [ RSN ]
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