I let the
Dirt Dog loose in my workshop this past weekend to clean up after some sawing with my table saw and miter saw. He picked up all the saw dust on the floor and did a great job of manuevering around all my clutter. I picked up a couple of things from the floor and blocked a small patch of carpet, but other than that, I left everything in place. He had no issues with his sensors getting clogged this time. Since this is much more typical of his expected usage than sweeping up a construction site, I am very impressed with how well it worked.
I also saw an
article on Yahoo Finance today from iRobot today for a new programmable robot for use by hobbiests, teaching environments, and developers. More information is available at this
link. I see one of these in my future!