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January 7th, 2010, 15:50
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We had lots of fun playing with Neato's XV-11 robot sweeper (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/neatos-vx-11-robot-vacuum-maps-out-your-floor-for-efficiency-d/) -- probably as much fun as you can have watching something quietly vacuum a few M&Ms off of a carpet. Of course, the selling point is the company's Room Positioning System, which employs sensors to map the floor space (as opposed to merely bumping off walks). They are clearly gunning for Roomba's market share here -- but something tells me the latter company isn't worried. After all, we've never seen the XV-11 kill a viper (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/27/roomba-saves-child-from-deadly-viper-challenges-tango-to-a-figh/).
Gallery: Neato's XV-11 robot vacuum gets the hands-on treatment (http://www.engadget.com/photos/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/)
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We had lots of fun playing with Neato's XV-11 robot sweeper (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/neatos-vx-11-robot-vacuum-maps-out-your-floor-for-efficiency-d/) -- probably as much fun as you can have watching something quietly vacuum a few M&Ms off of a carpet. Of course, the selling point is the company's Room Positioning System, which employs sensors to map the floor space (as opposed to merely bumping off walks). They are clearly gunning for Roomba's market share here -- but something tells me the latter company isn't worried. After all, we've never seen the XV-11 kill a viper (http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/27/roomba-saves-child-from-deadly-viper-challenges-tango-to-a-figh/).
Gallery: Neato's XV-11 robot vacuum gets the hands-on treatment (http://www.engadget.com/photos/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/neato005_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/2590852/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/neato008_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/2590855/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/neato009_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/2590856/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/neato002_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/2590849/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/neato003_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/2590850/)
Neato's XV-11 robot vacuum gets the hands-on treatment (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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