Scooba Blog

Looks like our favorite company, iRobot, will be going public soon:
From Reuters
iRobot Corp., the maker of the Roomba floor vacuuming robot and PackBot tactical military robots, filed with regulators on Wednesday to raise up to $115 million in an initial public offering of common stock.
The company plans to use the net proceeds from the IPO […]

Yesterday we were having company over for dinner, so of course the house must be spotless for them (..or so says the Wife). Anyhow, I spent about two hours mopping and washing all of the floors, the whole time thinking about the day that the Scooba is released and does this work for me. […]

Found this from Akihabara News:
Looks like LG created their own Rooma-like device. As you can see from the image, it’s remote control, and is also programmable.
I’m actually surprised it took this long for a large manufacturer to create a robot vacuum. I know there are some smaller companies that have made cheap […]

All Headline News has an article covering the Scooba. Pretty much the same information as most other news articles about the scooba…I wish iRobot wasn’t being so tight-lipped!
Here are some quotes from the article:
The retail price will likely be in excess of the $280 Roomba vacuum price tag.
IRobot CEO Colin Angle says, Scooba should […]

CNet has posted an interview with Colin Angle, CEO of our favorite company. Not much is mentioned about Scooba, but it’s still an interesting read.
Here’s one interesting tidbit from the Interview:
“The Roomba has a serial port, and we’ll be announcing an API of sorts for it, so that you could create accessories […]

Hmm, quick though: What happens when a Scooba encouters a rug? Will it be ’smart’ enough to stay off it? Or can it vacuum the rug?
Maybe an iRobot employee can email me with the answer

tags: irobot, scooba

So the folks at iRobot have posted a demo video. Here is a screencap from it that gives you an idea of the size of the robot:

Here is the link to the demonstration. Also included is an animation of the Scooba’s four-stage cleaning system. note - you will need Flash installed to […]

Okay, just a quick update about Scooba’s detergent. From iRobot’s website:

“It uses a specially formulated Clorox® cleaning solution”

Let’s just hope this special detergent isn’t extra expensive. And if it is? Who is going to be the first to try out a regular detergent in their Scooba

tags: cleaning robot, irobot, scooba

Taken from News.com,
The Scooba is a household, robotic floor cleaner designed for hard floors made of materials such as tile and linoleum. It vacuums up loose particles and applies cleaner to soak up dirt, then dries the floor, which also makes it safe for wood.
Hopefully the Scooba lives up to it’s hype. I’m wondering […]

Hello everyone,
Thanks for checking out this blog! You’re probably wondering why on earth i’m dedicating my time to blog about iRobot’s upcomming Scooba. Fair enough question!
I’m a huge fan of gizmos and gadgets. I bought the Roomba when it first came out, purchased an updated model for my parents (of course..i ‘tested […]