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SOMERVILLE, MA - SEPTEMBER 25: iRobot's Roomba (TM) Intelligent FloorVac - billed as the first automatic floor cleaner in the U.S., is demonstrated at the company headquarters September 25, 2002 in Somerville, Massachusets. Roomba's unique advanced navigation technology allows it to clean all hosehold floor serfaces, including carpet, tile, wood and linoleum. The Roomba Inteligent FloorVac is available for $199, at Brookstone, The Sharper Image and Hammacher Schlemmer. iRobot has been building and developing advanced robotic systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, the military, law enforcement, energy, cleaning and toy industries for the past 12 years. (Photo by Douglas McFadd/Getty Images)

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This Roomba Curses When It Bumps Stuff

Author Shani Valencia

You and I both know that when we bump into things we tend to say a curse word or two, and now that real-life situation has been added to one of the coolest inventions around the Roomba.

If you don’t know, the Roomba is an automatic machine that sweeps up the dirt off your floor so you don’t have to do it, and occasionally the Roomba will bump into a wall or chair and just spin around an go into another direction. Until now.

A team of engineers has modified a Roomba to curse when it bumps into things just like its owner probably does when it happens to them.

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