Neato Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Challenges the Roomba
Americans love gadgets and hate housework. Not surprisingly, Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner,
has become a hit among consumers.
Now, a new home robot promises to offer some competition to iRobot's Roomba....
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Neato Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Challenges the Roomba
Americans love gadgets and hate housework. Not surprisingly, Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner,
has become a hit among consumers.
Now, a new home robot promises to offer some competition to iRobot's Roomba.
Meet Neato, a vacuum cleaner that at the push of a button sucks up dirt and dust from floors and
carpets quickly and efficiently. Neato has a "Room Positioning System" that lets the robot use laser
vision to map your entire floor space and avoid most obstacles that systems like Roomba can only
detect by impact.
Though millions of vacuum cleaners are sold in the United States every year, a very small
percentage of them are robotic vacuums. IRobot has been the only company to offer a robotic
cleaner that can pick up dirt without requiring someone to push it around.
IRobot introduced the first Roomba automated vacuum cleaner in 2002. Since then, the company
has sold more than 3 million Roombas and the gadget has become a big hit among t
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