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Comment on Ask HN: What would it take to make a robot vacuum in the USA?

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"Robot vacuum" is not a solved problem. I've got a Roomba, and it mostly does the vacuuming, but sometimes gets "stuck" in the middle of the room, or maybe against a single wall. My Roomba's nemesis is chair legs, sometimes it gets under a 4-legged chair, but somehow can't find it's way back out. Comical, really. I enjoy my Roomba as something of a pet, but I have come to low expectations about vacuuming completeness.

If one could, say, solve this problem, which is apparently quite difficult, then it could be the basis of a premium product?

Same software as self-driving cars?

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