Roomba Covers?
Some misguided individuals cute kids are making coverings for Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners so they look more like animals than floor dwelling robots.
Shortly after creating animal costumes for their two Roombas at home, the founders of myRoomBud™, Tyler, Niles, Isabelle, and Griffin Smith began selling their Roomba costumes to friends and family. The costumes have taken off and are now the talk various Roomba newsgroups. Sold on eBay, the new RoomBud Roomba costumes are a cute and unique gift for anyone who owns a Roomba. "People love their Roombas and treat them as one of the family. Our RoomBud costumes really turn the Roomba into a household pet," said co-founder Niles Smith. Tyler added, "And like we say, 'If you don't dress up your Roomba, it's just a naked vacuum.'"
Personally I'd prefer something a bit more threatening, but I guess that's just my taste. If you want to stun your family members with a bit of silly swag, you can buy the Moomba the cow for thirty bucks or ROOR the TIGER for twenty five dollars.
[ Link via robots.net ]
"a bit more threatening"? Well we took your suggestion to heart and contacted Donald Hutson, creator of BattleBots SuperHeavyWeight champion Diesector to get his take. Jump up on the myRoomBud.com web site to read what he has to say.
Posted by: Tyler Smith at December 13, 2005 12:40 PMMy first thought here is you obviously don't have kids. We purchased a roomba last night. First thing this morning, my kids were asking to name it. When I show them the Room Buds website they are going to be begging for one. They are cute and what's wrong with that? We all love them and they do make a great statement - that people have a sense of humor and enjoy life, even in cleaning. The last thing I want, though, is a monster cover coming after my kids. They'd much rather prefer to be jumping over a frog.
And just because a kid invented it doesn't mean it isn't a great product. That shows great ingenuity and thoughtfulness on their parts. Way to go, kids.
Posted by: Guest at January 7, 2007 05:31 PM
