As wonderful as robot vacuum cleaners are at making our lives easier, pet owners and robot vacuums have a very strained relationship, to say the least.
If you’ve introduced a new puppy or kitten into your home that has yet to be housebroken, the odds are that you’ll come across a smelly “treat” waiting for you on your floors. And as you may already know, robot vacuums don’t particularly care about getting their wheels dirty.
2016 Poopocalypse
2016 was a strange year for pet owners and Roombas everywhere. The term Poopocalypse was coined and went viral after countless Roomba users complained that their robots were dragging and smearing poo all over their floors. Just search for “Roomba poop” in Google Images to see what we mean.
Although this problem isn’t exclusive to Roombas, iRobot was one of the first to comment that the company had to deal with this issue for a long time. At the time, a spokesperson for iRobot commented that users should avoid running their robots unsupervised, which completely eliminated the reason many people wanted to own a Roomba in the first place.
But pet owners can finally rejoice! iRobot, the leading brand of robot vacuums in the world, has come up with a high-tech solution to solve this smelly problem once and for all. Starting with the release of the Roomba j7 and j7+, we can all enjoy dealing with iRobot’s P.O.O.P.
What Is P.O.O.P.?
iRobot’s P.O.O.P. stands for Pet Owner Official Promise. It’s iRobot’s official guarantee that any Roomba fitted with a specialized AI-guided poop-detecting camera will never run over and smear animal droppings across your beautiful floors.
Colin Angle, CEO and founder of iRobot, released a statement earlier this year that the engineers at iRobot have finally perfected their poop-sensing camera to detect any and all forms of doggy doodoo.
After molding Play-Doh into models of poo, Colin has confidently guaranteed that the j7 and j7+ will dodge smelly pet “treats” at all costs.
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How Non-Pet-Parents Can Benefit from AI Cameras
The j7 and j7+’s AI-guided cameras aren’t just designed to identify different dog poop models. They’re highly sensitive to all sorts of tinier obstacles that their front and side sensors wouldn’t usually pick up.
Roomba users would typically have to keep power cords and area rugs out of their Roomba’s way, which would cause the robots to rove around in circles until their batteries run dry.
But with these cameras in place, the flagship Roombas can determine what obstacles it can and cannot bump into. So, it’s a win-win for everyone!
iRobot’s Pet Owner Official Promise Explainer Video
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