iRobot Project Goes Up And Down Stairs
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 15 of April , 2009 at 5:31 am
Here’s another glimpse inside the minds over at iRobot… It’s a robot that was designed to “efficiently climb up and down full-height stairs.” I’m not exactly sure what they mean by ‘efficiently,’ in this case… It kinda looks like it’s working pretty hard and not getting anywhere very fast.
Now, I think it’s great that iRobot has all of this exciting R&D going on, or if not exactly R&D, at least a lot of people who can get really creative with robots. I just wonder sometimes when all of that expertise is going to translate into a consumer product that will be just as exciting as the Roomba used to be. And no, the Looj 2 wasn’t it. I mean, the Roomba was amazing back in 2002, and it’s still decent enough, but no matter how much iRobot gussies it up it’s still going to get eclipsed pretty soon by other bots with more advanced features. I want to believe in you, iRobot, but the cool and innovative stuff is going to need to get further than your YouTube channel.
[ iRobot @ YouTube ]
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