Robots Are Hard
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iRobot, maker of the revolutionary Roomba vacuum, declared bankruptcy and was sold to a Chinese manufacturer, marking the end of a pioneering robotics company that once sold over forty million units. The original 2002 Roomba succeeded through behavior-based software that prioritized reliability over precision, using simple programming that allowed the robot to adapt when components failed or obstacles appeared, but modern robotic vacuums have abandoned this elegant simplicity for complex features.
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