http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/ Engadget Comments for Samsung's Navibot robot vacuum charting European living rooms in April http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 23rd 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 23rd 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 23rd 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 24th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 23rd 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 23rd 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 23rd 2010 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 23rd 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/to see where it's going. ]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 23rd 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/
One camera lense = no depth perception. And you can't tell me this thing is attempting object recognition.

Unless the camera is pointing straight up, mapping the place by filming the ceiling, the undersides of tables and up womans' dresses... at which point 30fps is a poor choice. It's much easier to stitch together individual images.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/What!!!???? No beautiful Samsung models? I'm *really* dissappointed, Engadget.

Do you really expect us to talk about a vacuum cleaner? Geez.
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I want a couple of these. The first one to clean the sa\tairs, wins.]]>Feb 23rd 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 23rd 2010 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq5HZzGF3vQ

Yeah, its way smarter than the roomba. ]]>Feb 23rd 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/Feb 24th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/23/samsungs-navibot-robot-vacuum-charting-european-living-rooms-in/
Just by looking at the promo video of the Neato, you can tell the Samsung is way more intelligent. A laser that shoots horizontally across the floor will pick up every little changes and obstacles. A ceiling mounted visualization system (like that in the Samsung) has advantages in that the stuff on the ceiling rarely (unless intentionally) changes. Plus, this type of visualization will enable the robot to know where it is at at every moment. The Samsung knows where it stopped, before going back to the charger, and starts back up at the last place it finished. Therefore, no human interaction is needed. ]]>Mar 15th 2010 11:23AM