Think twice about buying a robot vacuum cleaner

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#135105 14-Nov-2013 09:41

http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/9398736/Vacuum-commits-stovetop-suicide

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#933692 14-Nov-2013 09:42

...why would you use it on a benchtop?

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#933695 14-Nov-2013 09:43

Sounds like the Robot was just tired of living in the house of stupid.

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#933697 14-Nov-2013 09:43

Sue the company for compensation...that is funny.

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#933701 14-Nov-2013 09:47

You have to laugh at the tracks on the stove, ouch ouch ouch ouch woomf!

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#933703 14-Nov-2013 09:52

This is similar to the new IOS7 update which makes your phone water proof!?!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57604306-71/ios-7-makes-your-iphone-waterproof-ad-a-scam-dunk/

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#933728 14-Nov-2013 10:41

It is cases like this that make you look at the stupidness of the average person, and realize half of the people in the world are stupider than that....

Why was the stovetop on and unattended?
Why was the vacuum on the feckin bench? Just sweep the cereal you spilled onto the floor our into the sink...

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#933732 14-Nov-2013 10:48

Stupid is stupid.

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#933747 14-Nov-2013 11:16

I often have the same issue with my roomba, im onto my 4th one and 3rd house. but my kitchen bench is currently spotless!

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#933779 14-Nov-2013 11:54

that made me burst on in laughter this morning.

your title should be who the heck puts a robot on a kitchen bench next to their stove!

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#933823 14-Nov-2013 12:51

If their initial suit fails perhaps they could consider suing the stove manufacturer for not making it vacuum cleaner proof. Or the pot manufacturer for making the pot too light, or the electricity company for their product causing a fire. Goodness me the possibilities are almost endless if you remove operator responsibility and common sense from the occasion.

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#933838 14-Nov-2013 13:19

I guess when it connected to SkyNet and became aware it received the "commit suicide" command instead of "kill all humans"

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#933858 14-Nov-2013 13:50

If you read the story, their argument was that it had finsihed cleaning. They turned it off, picked it up and put it on the bench. Not sure why they would do that, aprt from perhaps getting it off the floor, so it isn't tripped over. It then at some stage it restarted, and got stuck on the stove which was on. But the question really should be, why was the stove left on and unattended for that to occur?

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#933867 14-Nov-2013 13:58

mattwnz: If you read the story, their argument was that it had finsihed cleaning. They turned it off, picked it up and put it on the bench. Not sure why they would do that, aprt from perhaps getting it off the floor, so it isn't tripped over. It then at some stage it restarted, and got stuck on the stove which was on. But the question really should be, why was the stove left on and unattended for that to occur?

I read it that they spilt something on their bench, put the vacuum up there to clean the bench, it finished and shutdown, and then started back up to go an clean the hot unattended stovetop.

As said, stupid is stupid.