I guess this is only for polished wood or plastic floors, which makes some sense (as all my floors are currently like that). The thing is this means the robot is then pushing dust around, which is I think a more tricky job that it first appears? … so…

My questions are:
(1) How does it handle dust in front, whilst reversing as it turns etc.. (my point is it could leave some dust behind as it reverses and turns). Its got to be smart to push a pile of dust around without leaving trails off the edge of the clearer. (I don’t see how it can get near corners without reversing?).

(2) How does it cope with transitioning from flat floor to near (not actually into) rooms with carpet (for example, in a previous place I lived, it had mostly wood floor but the two bedrooms had carpet, so if this robot tried to drive near the carpet it could drag on the edge of the carpet which could make it loose some of the dust it was pushing around).

(3) How does it cope with transitioning from flat floor room to another flat floor room but which has an upraised (say 5mm high) strip of wood joining between the rooms in the doorway, which is common on some floors. This is again my leaving dust behind question (in a way all 3 questions are about that one point in different ways it could fail to do a good job?).

Its an interesting different design idea. I wonder if it would over time act like it was polishing the floor which would be something a vacuum wouldn’t do.

Hi,

- How long does it last ?
- How long to charge up ?
- Is the NorthStar system worthwhile ?
- Does it make some noise ?
- Can it go back to its station for charging ?
- What surface can it really cover ?
- Why one year warrantee and not two ?

thanks !
Feydaykyn

Id like to know:

1) How accessible the laser scanner is for possible extraction and hacking?

2) How potentially hackable the Mint is itself?

3) Also, do you know if they have any plans for something like iCreate using it?

– roschler

I’d like to know if by using more then one “NorthStar Navigation Cube” I can increase the cleaning range to cover more than one room,
how dose it works and what are the limitations.
Can it cover complete floor by adding a few “NorthStar Navigation Cube”
Can you test this behavior?
In the user manual it was not clear enough.

Alon

I definitely want to see the results of a cat hair abuse test. I’ve got a test area if you need one ;).

1) Will an existing Northstar setup (Rovio with 2 extra beacons) foul up the Mint’s navigation?

2) Or to spin it the other way: Will the Mint recognize existing Northstar beacons? So a person could increase its working area using stuff they may already have.

3) Does it use the Northstar system for locating and connecting to its charging dock?

4) Does Mint’s Northstar system work better than Rovios? Rovio’s really isn’t worth much more than a look-what-I-got toy.

Putting 1 and 3 together, maybe with a bit of 4: Please tell me the Mint isn’t going to try and dry hump the Rovio’s charging base instead of going to its own home.

Hmm. After a bit more perusal of the Mint website it appears it does not have a charging dock to worry about anyway. I guess I wouldn’t need to worry about Mint liking the Rovio dock any more than any other obstacle it encounters.

LOL, am I the only one (besides zool & maybe kwc) who wonders how well it cleans, under different circumstances (floor type, loose vs dried on diret, etc)? :)

I’d like to know:

1. price
2. After I buy this and find it sucks at cleaning floors, what can I hack it into?
3. What’s inside?

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Does the Northstar system work if the ceiling is vaulted and/or irregular (exposed beam ceiling for instance)?
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@ivoidwarranty Yes. It’s possible that you might have to slightly reposition the cube, but at CES we saw it working in a hotel ballroom with like a 50 foot ceiling.

I’ve got a large room with a wood floor and a pool table. How will Mint deal with being unable to see the northstar beacon for large sections of the room?

@Buckyball it shouldn’t be a problem since Mint will just reacquire its beacon when it comes out from under the table, but I’ll ask.

Late, but no less interested. I’ve watched videos and read a lot about this appliance. When they put in a ‘pause’ feature, I’ll buy it. As I understand it now, if you need to stop it for some reason–it will not continue from that point, but will start from the beginning.

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I love my new little mint. I have laminate and have only used it as a sweeper so far. A blue cloth comes with it to mop, but haven’t tried that yet, Just wondering, manufacture’s book says I can use swifter wet wipes, but not the swifter refills. Aren’t they the same?

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