home robots https://www.coolthings.com Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:51:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cropped-coolthings-favicon-512-32x32.png home robots https://www.coolthings.com 32 32 Midbot, A Low-Cost, Functional Telepresence Robot https://www.coolthings.com/midbot-a-low-cost-functional-telepresence-robot/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:22:27 +0000 http://www.coolthings.com/?p=15641 Need a roving security robot to watch your palatial abode while you languish in a cubicle at work?  Do it on the cheap with Midbot, a mobile robot kit that you can use to roam the house and send you video feeds of what it sees, among other things. To keep costs down, the kit itself doesn’t come with a webcam or a communications system.  Instead, it’s meant to be used with a computer you supply yourself (a netbook or […]

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]]> iRobot Looj: Cleaning Gutters Suck, Let The Robots Do It https://www.coolthings.com/irobot-looj-cleaning-gutters-suck-let-the-robots-do-it/ https://www.coolthings.com/irobot-looj-cleaning-gutters-suck-let-the-robots-do-it/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:36:37 +0000 http://www.coolthings.com/?p=4996 Is it that time of the year again? Experts recommend cleaning out your gutters at least twice in the span of twelve months and, no matter how you spin it, sifting through those dirt and leaves is one hellish chore. Not only is it difficult and dirty, it’s also dangerous. Good thing there’s a robot to do the job. The iRobot Looj sweeps through your gutter like Pac-Man in a maze, clearing off everything in its path. As it travels […]

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