It says the Neato avoids humans, so I'm assuming it also avoids pets. So now I wonder how much work the Neato will get done around a territorial house rabbit. I think I'd feel sorry for the robot, it's either not going to be able to clean one of the dirtiest sections of floor (sawdust and hay) or it's going to have to keep deploying to its own personal Iraq. I'm glad to see there's no exposed rubber that can be easily stripped off.

I know the Roomba wouldn't have survived my rabbit, too many raised plastic edges and no ability to avoid him. I would be interested in seeing if the Neato would be capable of entering my rabbits territory over concurrent visits. Although I'd definitely have nightmares of the rabbit hijacking the Neato.

Or dog shit. Which my Roomba ran over...

On the upside, it gave me a chance to take the thing apart completely. Roombas are very meticulously designed and are built for being taken apart. It matches up completely with their policy for allowing and encouraging modification of the firmware.

I just wish I didn't have to deal with feces to learn that :S

It may be easier to teach your cat not to leave cat turds lying around than to teach your robot not to run over them...