iRobot built over 100 models of dog poop to train Roomba's visual AI

Anything to avoid the Poopocalypse

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It would have been easier to add olfactory sensors so it could just avoid anything that smells like dog poop.

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As a recent and reluctant dog owner, I have to ask. If there is poop on your floor, why does your dog hate you?

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Once upon a time, there were travelling salesmen selling hoovers. Legend has it that they often carried a small bag of stuff to throw on the carpet, for demonstration how effective the machine was. Legend also has it that electricity, and the devices themselves, were sometimes somewhat inconvenienced, which brought upon said salesmen the wrath of The Housewife.

I sense an episode of a sitcom here. Or an episode of Black Mirror.

… has this exact scene in it.

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… didn’t know roombas were a thing back then!

I’m getting my coat. Could you please hold the door while I sweep out?

singing Es saugt und bläst der Heinzelmann…

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I live maybe one klick from Kobold (& Thermomix) central…

(Singing Ich brech’ die Herzen der stolzesten Fraun…)

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Can’t help but wondering.

How would those fare, faced with dog faeces?

singing Ich bin’ene Vampyr, ich bin’ene Vampyr…

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I’ve seen sucked things with a Kärcher shop vac you people wouldn’t believe.

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