Nobody wants to run a Roomba while they’re still home, right?

  • @sylphrin
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    51 year ago

    3d printing is not an option for us. Also one of the places that the roomba gets stuck is underneath a lazyboy chair, which needs to rock. We can’t just permanently put something underneath it without sacrificing a main function of the chair. There’s a lot of things around the house like this, where a temporary solution exists but a permanent one either wouldn’t be appropriate, or just isn’t worth doing.

    I prefer having my living area comfortably set up for myself more than making it roomba-proof. I’m sure it’s worth it for some people, but we don’t share the same priorities.

    • @cm0002
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      31 year ago

      I think at least mid tier roombas have the self mapping tech, it would only be temporary until it created a map for itself, then it would avoid the lazboy automatically and you can use it normally

      Also, he was talking about a “hat” for the Roomba, it would make it physically taller so it wouldn’t be able to go under anymore

      • @sylphrin
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        21 year ago

        You’re right that I misread the hat part the first time, thanks. Still not an option for us though, and not one that would actually solve much in our case.

        The lazyboy was just one example, there are other things (including areas of the floor itself) that the roomba gets stuck on. Just keeping an eye on the roomba when it runs is the easier solution for us.

    • m-p{3}
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      11 year ago

      The 3D hat is on the Roomba, not under the blazyboy.