News tagged with roomba vacuum

60-second review: Auto-vacuuming robots

This column kicks off our series on gadgets to help you achieve your New Year's Resolution. Today's review: the latest in auto-vacuuming robots to aid our lazy readers who resolve to have a cleaner home. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Jan 06, 2011 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 4

Older adults want robots that do more than vacuum, human factors/ergonomics researchers find

Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot "perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Oct 14, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

I, robot -- and gardener: MIT droids tend plants

(AP) -- These gardeners would have green thumbs - if they had thumbs.

Electronics / Robotics

Apr 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 4