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Dominating the robot vacuum market has never been irobots problem. They still haven't figured out what's next. This is a similar story to Fitbit and GoPro, onc
by phmagic 10y ago
Dominating the robot vacuum market has never been irobots problem. They still haven't figured out what's next.
This is a similar story to Fitbit and GoPro, once you've own the market you're after, then what?
- mulletbum 10y agoFloor mopping with the Braava, which they are already breaking into. Gutter cleaning with Looj, pool cleaning with Mirra. Then on to lawn mowing. They have figured this out already, just none of them have as much name recognition as the roomba.
- freehunter 10y agoI would love a roomba lawn mower, but with as often as my roomba runs over my feet while it's going through its cycle, it would need some serious sensors. And when I'm mowing, I inevitably have to pick up some sticks that fell from my tree, or sometimes trash that people threw onto my lawn as they drove by. It's a harder space than the living room, you can't control the outdoors quite as much.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoI think a slow-motion lawn mower could work. More like a turtle that crawls around cropping the grass. Always there; maybe solar powered; keeps creeping around and gently munching the tops off the taller stems.
- mulletbum 10y agoThey already have lawnmowers like this. They already work great too.
- lucaspiller 10y agoWhy does there need to be a 'next'? I've tried cheaper competitors and they aren't even close to how well Roomba's work. As long as they keep building the best quality robots, I'll keep buying them. If they divert resources to a new market and forget about their main product (kind of like Apple has with Mac), I have no issues in buying a competitors product if it's better.