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> Is it going to become a ceiling roomba What would be the point of a ceiling roomba? Are ceilings ever that dirty to require regular vaccumming?

by erklik 5y ago

robbrown451 5y ago
I've certainly seen ceilings, such as at restaurants, that are out of reach of cleaning so they are covered with visible nastiness. I also once lived in a rental with a really high ceiling that was impossible to clean the cob webs, which were quite visible. Having robots that can crawl up there and clean -- or for that matter, paint -- would be handy.
- dstick 5y ago
  Oh wow - paint! As someone who’s renovating a house at this very moment, I would happily pay for that!
  - laurent92 5y ago
    Yes. A rotating disk and paint. Sounds artsy. However, that shows there is demand for paint on high ceilings. A robotic arm, with an AI that is able to paint the corners and circumvolutions with a brush, that is able to retouch if a spot was missed? Maybe in the future, luxury will be in high ceilings that are clean and renovated. Imagine how dusty the paintings are in churches and palaces - imagine we could brush off the dust and restore their intensity every 6 months.
arbol 5y ago
Cleaning showers, baths, etc.
- a_imho 5y ago
  My apartment is not conductive to robot vacuums, but would entertain the idea of employing a bunch of robot window cleaners. Seems like a very well defined problem at first glance.
  - failwhaleshark 5y ago
    My apartment's floor has a high ohm reading too. And the walls must be thermally-conductive too because the AC runs constantly. ;-) A mop robot takes care of the entryway and kitchen. It really needs some exterior mop robots because they're constantly dirty.
  - yreg 5y ago
    They do exist — https://youtu.be/jO-diCFjfms https://youtu.be/jO-diCFjfms
    - failwhaleshark 5y ago
      https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P7FR6S8 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P7FR6S8
      - failwhaleshark 5y ago
        The other one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L2X6LPT https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L2X6LPT
tinus_hn 5y ago
Congratulations! You’re not a smoker!
rmetzler 5y ago
Large glass facades need cleaning at least once a year. The problem is to reach the heights. Currently there are a few solutions to this problem: hydraulic lifting platforms, industrial climbers and climbing solutions where you don’t need to be a real industrial climber. Robots would probably be cheaper.
- yreg 5y ago
  There already are also "ceiling roombas" holding up by sucking[0]. (I don't know whether they can actually do ceilings or only vertical surfaces for now, but it seems if you could build the latter product you would also be able to make the former) [0] — https://youtu.be/jO-diCFjfms https://youtu.be/jO-diCFjfms
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> Is it going to become a ceiling roomba What would be the point of a ceiling roomba? Are ceilings ever that dirty to require regular vaccumming?

by erklik 5y ago

> Is it going to become a ceiling roomba What would be the point of a ceiling roomba? Are ceilings ever that dirty to require regular vaccumming?

robbrown451 5y ago

I've certainly seen ceilings, such as at restaurants, that are out of reach of cleaning so they are covered with visible nastiness. I also once lived in a rental with a really high ceiling that was impossible to clean the cob webs, which were quite visible. Having robots that can crawl up there and clean -- or for that matter, paint -- would be handy.

dstick 5y ago
Oh wow - paint! As someone who’s renovating a house at this very moment, I would happily pay for that!
- laurent92 5y ago
  Yes. A rotating disk and paint. Sounds artsy. However, that shows there is demand for paint on high ceilings. A robotic arm, with an AI that is able to paint the corners and circumvolutions with a brush, that is able to retouch if a spot was missed? Maybe in the future, luxury will be in high ceilings that are clean and renovated. Imagine how dusty the paintings are in churches and palaces - imagine we could brush off the dust and restore their intensity every 6 months.

arbol 5y ago

Cleaning showers, baths, etc.

a_imho 5y ago
My apartment is not conductive to robot vacuums, but would entertain the idea of employing a bunch of robot window cleaners. Seems like a very well defined problem at first glance.
- failwhaleshark 5y ago
  My apartment's floor has a high ohm reading too. And the walls must be thermally-conductive too because the AC runs constantly. ;-) A mop robot takes care of the entryway and kitchen. It really needs some exterior mop robots because they're constantly dirty.
- yreg 5y ago
  They do exist — https://youtu.be/jO-diCFjfms https://youtu.be/jO-diCFjfms
  - failwhaleshark 5y ago
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P7FR6S8 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08P7FR6S8
    - failwhaleshark 5y ago
      The other one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L2X6LPT https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L2X6LPT

tinus_hn 5y ago

Congratulations! You’re not a smoker!

rmetzler 5y ago

Large glass facades need cleaning at least once a year. The problem is to reach the heights. Currently there are a few solutions to this problem: hydraulic lifting platforms, industrial climbers and climbing solutions where you don’t need to be a real industrial climber. Robots would probably be cheaper.

yreg 5y ago
There already are also "ceiling roombas" holding up by sucking[0]. (I don't know whether they can actually do ceilings or only vertical surfaces for now, but it seems if you could build the latter product you would also be able to make the former) [0] — https://youtu.be/jO-diCFjfms https://youtu.be/jO-diCFjfms

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