家用机器人Roomba进化史

    2002年，Roomba诞生

    纵横军用机器人领域十多年后，iRobot推出了第一款家用机器人Roomba。Roomba是一款全自动智能型真空吸尘器，不过它并不是iRobot的首创。瑞典公司伊莱克斯（Electrolux）早在2001年就推出了类似的产品Trilobite。截至2004年，Roomba的销量已经超过一百万台。虽然未经证实，但估计媒体将Roomba比作《摩登家庭》中的机器人罗茜（Rosie the Robot ）也不下百万次了。

    2002: The Roomba is introduced

    After more than a decade of offering military products, iRobot debuts its first domestic robot -- the Roomba. The Roomba is an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner, though it is not the first: The Electrolux Trilobite hit the market a year before. By 2004, a million Roombas had been sold. It is suspected, though not confirmed, than an equal number of Rosie the Robot references had been made by the media.