Milestone · curated entry
iRobot Roomba brings robots into the home
Roomba
- Date
- September 2002
- Category
- Milestone
- Organization / Model
- iRobot
- Evidence
- 1 source · 1 evidence family
Roomba cleaned floors with random coverage and sensor feedback, moving robots out of factories and laboratories into ordinary households. It demonstrated the commercial value of a low-cost sense-plan-act loop.
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APA 7 · American Psychological Association
AI 纪年. (2002, September). iRobot Roomba 上市，消费级机器人进入家庭 [Web page]. https://aihist.net/e/roomba-2002.html
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"iRobot Roomba 上市，消费级机器人进入家庭." AI 纪年, Sept. 2002, aihist.net/e/roomba-2002.html. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.
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AI 纪年. "iRobot Roomba 上市，消费级机器人进入家庭." Published Sept. 2002. Accessed Nov. 3, 2026. https://aihist.net/e/roomba-2002.html.
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"iRobot Roomba 上市，消费级机器人进入家庭," AI 纪年, Sept. 2002. [Online]. Available: https://aihist.net/e/roomba-2002.html. [Accessed: 3 Nov. 2026].
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