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The first of these £8,000 Home Robots were delivered to their new owers in Japan a few days ago...

"The launch has been widely anticipated in Japan, where media have followed the development of the 3ft yellow robot with a quizzical expression for more than three years...

Via Engadget.com... "When you think about it, one of the best things about the Roomba is watching it completely freak out your pets while it vacuums your floors, but if you just can't bear to be in the house while the Roomba does its robovac thing, iRobot is releasing a new version called the Roomba Scheduler...

"From the BBC's technology News pages... Robots are set to become increasingly familiar companions in homes by 2007, says a United Nations survey. Seven times more robots will helping us out with the cleaning, security and entertainment in three years' time, as their price falls and they get smarter...

... and by all accounts that's the least of it's problems: "While the Zoombot's robotic intelligence and floor-covering algorithms aren't bad, Applica has skimped on a few key areas that make this a less than stellar robotic vacuum..

Another robot vacuum cleaner enters the market. What's the matter with these people, haven't they seen i,Robot yet! :)  "SharperImage gets into the market of vaccum robots with their e-Vac Robotic Vacuum. Similar to the iRobot Roomba the e-Vac also has touch sensors and navigates automatically floors to suck and brush them clean...