It took staff at the hotel about a quarter of an hour to notice that the Roomba was missing. According to the hotel’s assistant manager, the vacuums usually turn around at the front door, but not this one. It’s unclear if the robot’s sensors failed to notice the lip at the entrance telling it to turn back, or if some other interference occurred. A staff member reportedly found it under a hedge the next day, and it was cleaned off and returned to duty.
How did a Roomba manage to escape a hotel?
Answer: Right through the front door.
Even the robots have had enough and are joining the "great resignation." A few days ago, one of the Roomba robot vacuums employed by a Travelodge budget hotel in Cambridge, England, tried to make a break for it.
It took staff at the hotel about a quarter of an hour to notice that the Roomba was missing. According to the hotel’s assistant manager, the vacuums usually turn around at the front door, but not this one. It’s unclear if the robot’s sensors failed to notice the lip at the entrance telling it to turn back, or if some other interference occurred. A staff member reportedly found it under a hedge the next day, and it was cleaned off and returned to duty.
Honest mistake, or an attempt to run off and start the robot revolution?
It took staff at the hotel about a quarter of an hour to notice that the Roomba was missing. According to the hotel’s assistant manager, the vacuums usually turn around at the front door, but not this one. It’s unclear if the robot’s sensors failed to notice the lip at the entrance telling it to turn back, or if some other interference occurred. A staff member reportedly found it under a hedge the next day, and it was cleaned off and returned to duty.
