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I have a couple pieces of furniture where I've added custom parts to make them roomba-compatible so it wouldn't get stuck on them. I've also gotten rid of more

I have a couple pieces of furniture where I've added custom parts to make them roomba-compatible so it wouldn't get stuck on them. I've also gotten rid of more than one piece of furniture because it didn't play nice with the robot. Sorry chair, if the robot doesn't like you, I just can't keep you.

kaetemi 4y ago
Mine will drive under a chair and then turn around in circles eternally.
- Tepix 4y ago
  The smarter ones can deal with chairs pretty well.
mattigames 4y ago
The rise of the machines seems that it will be a bit more subtle than Hollywood predicted.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
  Equipment is designed around the users thereof. Roads, are designed for the main users - people, driving. So self-driving cars have to cope with that. But we'll soon get to the point where some road markings / signs are changed around to make them more obvious to self-driving cars, in order to avert rare but costly accidents. The point to watch out for is when the self-driving cars are the primary users, and the needs of human drivers start to fall away as not important any more. Domestic furniture will continue to be designed for both accepting the human posterior and for interacting well with domestic automation.
  - athrun 4y ago
    > The point to watch out for is when the self-driving cars are the primary users, and the needs of human drivers start to fall away as not important any more. Yeah. I'm really not looking forward to streets being all fenced off to prevent us pesky humans from jaywalking and causing trouble to our robotic overlords.
- amelius 4y ago
  The exponential curve is quite flat in the beginning.
- Tepix 4y ago
  I raised my sofa for the robot. Now it can steal my precious dropped items without being risking being observed. Related: License plates have been designed to be machine readable for decades.

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I have a couple pieces of furniture where I've added custom parts to make them roomba-compatible so it wouldn't get stuck on them. I've also gotten rid of more

by bonniemuffin 4y ago

kaetemi 4y ago
Mine will drive under a chair and then turn around in circles eternally.
- Tepix 4y ago
  The smarter ones can deal with chairs pretty well.
mattigames 4y ago
The rise of the machines seems that it will be a bit more subtle than Hollywood predicted.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
  Equipment is designed around the users thereof. Roads, are designed for the main users - people, driving. So self-driving cars have to cope with that. But we'll soon get to the point where some road markings / signs are changed around to make them more obvious to self-driving cars, in order to avert rare but costly accidents. The point to watch out for is when the self-driving cars are the primary users, and the needs of human drivers start to fall away as not important any more. Domestic furniture will continue to be designed for both accepting the human posterior and for interacting well with domestic automation.
  - athrun 4y ago
    > The point to watch out for is when the self-driving cars are the primary users, and the needs of human drivers start to fall away as not important any more. Yeah. I'm really not looking forward to streets being all fenced off to prevent us pesky humans from jaywalking and causing trouble to our robotic overlords.
- amelius 4y ago
  The exponential curve is quite flat in the beginning.
- Tepix 4y ago
  I raised my sofa for the robot. Now it can steal my precious dropped items without being risking being observed. Related: License plates have been designed to be machine readable for decades.