Re: Roomba - corner brush, etc

["D&SW" <d&sw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The Red Roomba (which
> clearly has a different algorithm than the yellow DirtDog) was on its way
> back to the charging base when I dropped some litter on the floor between
> in
> and the base.  The "dirt" light came on and the Roomba then began its
> clean
> dance, returning to base after working that area for a few minutes more.

That is the way all our Roomas behave. What would a Dirt Dog do different?
Does a DD have a dirt sensor?
Yeah, Roombas are fun! I just wish they were a bit more durable. I get tired
of repairing them. (two vacuum motor driver transistors, a new brush gear
box, new speaker (clogged with litter dust), and many new battery
cells...sigh.

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> FWIW, I have taken to going around the house ahead of the Roomba with a
> corner brush made of some moulding that has a angled pot brush hot-glued
> onto the end.  I push all the stuff out from the corners into the center
> of
> the room and then Roomba does the rest.  Hopefully, they'll eventually
> come
> out with a cornerbot that does nothing but clean the places the rotary
> Roomba can't.  Corners are really the Roomba's Achilles' heel and sadly,
> it's where a lot of dust and debris like to hang out.
>
> My Roomba was grunting last night, every time it hit an obstacle.  I was
> laughing so hard I nearly fell over because it really had a sort of human
> "uhnnnhhh" quality to the sound.  It turns out that a garbage bag
> twist-tie
> had gotten caught in the brush and by the end of the cleaning cycle it had
> scoured every bit of paper that covers the thin steel wire at the core of
> the bag tie.
>
> It also turns out the dirt detector IS useful.  The Red Roomba (which
> clearly has a different algorithm than the yellow DirtDog) was on its way
> back to the charging base when I dropped some litter on the floor between
> in
> and the base.  The "dirt" light came on and the Roomba then began its
> clean
> dance, returning to base after working that area for a few minutes more.
>
> --
> Bobby G.
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