Scooba Blog

An article over at livescience.com has the basic scooba overview, but also a few neat facts.
Robert Heinlein has the idea for a robot that cleans kitchen floors in his 1956 novel ‘The Door Into Summer’:
What Hired Girl would do… was clean floors . . . any floor, all day long and without supervision… It […]

Found the answer to one of my questions on iRobot’s FAQ page:

Do I have to use the Clorox Scooba cleaning solution?
Yes. The hard floor cleaning solution has been specifically engineered by Clorox to effectively clean most hard floor surfaces including tile, linoleum and sealed hardwood. The solution contains no bleach and is safe around children […]

Just a quick note to mention that the Scooba will support cleaning of the following:

Sealed Hardwood
Linoleum
Tile & Marble

Also, the Clorox cleaning solution used in the Scooba will contain NO bleach.

tags: floors

I posted a video provided by iRobot a while ago. They have another video of the Scooba in action up on there site. It’s not the best quality, but it gives you an idea of everything the Scooba can do. Watch it here.

tags: demonstration, video

Here is an illustrated picture of the Scooba:

1 - Preps: Picks up loose crumbs, sand, and dirt
2 - Washes: Uses fresh, clean, solution where
mops just spread dirt around
3 - Scrubs: Gently scrubs your floor removing dirt,
grime, and spills
4 - Dries: Picks up dirty solution, leaving the floor
clean and dry

tags: inside, robotics

So here is the latest news on Scooba. iRobot has updated their page with lots of juicy info.
Some major points:

Programmed to prep, wash, scrub, and dry the floor all by itself
Cleans under furniture, tables and hard-to-reach places
Cleans a standard-sized kitchen floor on a single tank
Simple to operate: fill tank, press clean, & empty tank […]

Just a quick note to mention that iRobot sent out an email telling us that the Scooba will sell for $399.99 from the iRobot store this November.

tags: irobot, price, scooba

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 […]

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