Robot vacuum cleaner escapes from Cambridge Travelodge

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Seemingly no one from the staff even tried to find it, as cleaners just a day later discovered it in a hedge right outside.

> The automated cleaner failed to stop at the front door of the hotel in Orchard Park in Cambridge on Thursday

> However, much to everyone's relief, the device was found nestled under a hedge on Friday afternoon by a (human) hotel cleaner sprucing up the front drive.

Puff piece spun by PR after a tweet went viral. News at eleven.

I always love these BBC articles that are just a bit of fun for everyone to enjoy.

This story is a perfect preliminary scene for a dystopian film.

I am afraid this hotel keeps its robots in inhumane conditions, stacked on to of each other in a dusty room. Time to alert Born Free Foundation.

You can tell it’s a fiction piece, because robot’s battery allegedly lasted more than 10 minutes.

> was still on the loose the following day.

I have an ancient Roomba still on its original battery pack that runs for almost an hour or more on wood flooring and very thin carpet. I wouldn't use a roomba for all but the thinnest carpet; it doesn't have enough suction or agitation to get dust and dirt out otherwise.

Might your experience have something to do with the fact that you're using a very early generation of the product? It's like saying iPhones are slow and clunky because of your experience with a gen 1 iPhone.

My relatives have an year-old i7 and it can't go for more than 40 minutes on the same type of flooring. Usually less, closer to 30 min.

…it begins

What are they going to do, bump into all the humans?

and then vacuum up what’s left!

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