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Review on CNN Money

Friday, February 17th, 2006

CNN Money is featuring a review of the Scooba. Read it here
Some Excerpts:
I tested the Scooba on my kitchen floor the day after it had been mopped by a professional housekeeper…the silicon-based robot picked up more dirt and left the floor much cleaner than the carbon-based humanoid did.

On the downside, at nearly 15 inches […]

Does Robotic Mop Really Work?

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

A local ABC News affiliate has a review of the Scooba, available here
Here’s a snippet:

Both our testers also say the Scooba will miss certain spots.
Lisa Tabb, Fairfax: “It just doesn’t seem to get around certain corners that the manual mop could.”

The final verdict was split. One tester claimed that the Scooba “cleans better than […]

User Review by Ian

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

I thought I would post my impressions of the scooba after having run it now for about a month. It’s definitely worth the money and does a fanatastic job. However, I have run into a few problems.
1. The darn front wheel collects hair. The girls in my family shed hair like alf. This hair loves […]

3.5 / 5 from PC Mag

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Lance Ulanoff from PC Magazine has a review of the Scooba that you can read here
I’ve been worried about the noise after watching the online videos, but Lance says it’s not too bad.

The Scooba’s 80-dB whirring is louder than the slosh of a mop, but not annoying.

On getting stuck:

I also had to move my virtual […]

USA Today

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

Edward Baig from USA Today got to play around with a final engineering prototype of the scooba. Read his article here
A few points:
Though it cleaned admirably, Scooba missed a few spots in my kitchen. It won’t eliminate deep scuff marks, and it failed to fully remove a red cupcake icing stain.
A couple of times, […]

Time Review

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

I think Time is the first to give an initial review of the Scooba (someone correct me if i’m wrong). Anyhow, here it is.
It looks like the device works well:
..it managed to cover every inch of the kitchen floor in that time [20 minutes]. The linoleum that had been greasy and sticky, with the […]

Reviews coming soon!

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

From MercuryNews:

RoboNexus, a robotics industry conference and expo, will take place at the San Jose McEnry Convention Center, starting Thursday and running through Sunday.
The convention drew more than 10,000 people last year, when it made its U.S. debut, in Santa Clara

iRobot will of course be at the convention, and will be demonstrating their upgraded Roomba […]