Roomba in Shop?

"Joe AutoDrill" fired this volley in news:9DDSj.11824$r12.2421@trndny03:

Unless you're planning on running it only at night, a Roomba can be a tripping hazard, and should not be used in traffic areas.

How about wall scuppers so that dustpan work becomes unnecessary?

LLoyd

At night only...

Can't because of the way the furniture / machines are arranged in the area we are talking about. The Roomba fits under the stuff whereas the workers don't. :)

On Fri, 02 May 2008 07:21:02 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" volleyed:

The neighbours might start to get pissed about that :-)

Mark Rand RTFM

I *just* saw they came out with a heavy-duty shop roomba.

Dave

The traditional approach is to wet-mop the floors nightly. The big noodle mops can reach under anything that a Roomba can. A wet mop is far more effective in depressing the dust inventory than any vacuum cleaner.

Joe Gwinn

For lack of a better way to describe our situation, I think we might be too lazy to do that when it comes to cleaning... But you are right, that is the best way.

Note that iRobot sells a Roomba intended for shop use (the Dirt Dog), and a Roomba that mops (the Scooba).

But my favorite is still the Woomba, an SNL parody which appeared several years ago when the first Roombas hit the market.

If you missed it I put the video here:

Jeff (Who is keying this in his office about a mile away from the Irobot corporation's headquarters in Burlington, Taxachusetts.)

How many square feet? Perhaps multiple 'Dirt Dogs' are necessary.

My Dirt Dog fills up quickly just in a 20' x 20' gar.. shop space.

I really like pressing the 'on' button and leaving for the morning. When I get back, the floor is much cleaner and the robot is charging itself. It does a much better job than I do. Wouldn't be without it.

--Winston

And isn't Amy Pohler, who appears that skit, from Burlington?

That reminded me of this recent SNL bit...

On Fri, 02 May 2008 18:23:44 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, Jeff Wisnia quickly quoth:

Most excellent, sir. Har! I miss SNL, but _not_ TV.

One for the newly-homeless folks!

-- Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address. -- Lane Olinghouse

Yep....And there's TWO "e"s in her name.

Saw that one recently...

Jeff