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iRobot, which makes Roomba vacuums, says a software update to fix issues with i7 and s9 models will take several weeks, after users reported them acting “drunk”

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  • @robaeprice Rob Price on x
    Roomba vacuum cleaners are acting “drunk” after a buggy software update which has left them spinning in circles, bumping into furniture, cleaning in strange patterns, getting stuck in empty spaces, and not being able to make it home to their docks. https://www.theverge.com/...
  • @deviantollam @deviantollam on x
    our robots are getting drunk. thankfully we've hit this stage and are learning about it before the Boston Dynamics dogs made it into everyone's homes. https://twitter.com/...
  • @internetofshit @internetofshit on x
    i know that the pandemic has been hard for everyone but who knew the roombas were taking this so badly? https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @chrisderose Chris DeRose on x
    It's unnerving that all the Roombas in the world can be reprogrammed remotely like this. https://twitter.com/...
  • @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl on x
    Uh oh The robots found out about malicious compliance https://twitter.com/...
  • @cwarzel Charlie Warzel on x
    quarantine has been hard on all of us https://twitter.com/...