# Roomba fall down go Boomba! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140 "2007-05-15T02:38:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/21 "2007-05-16T18:13:25Z")
Reassemble, Stephanie! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/22 "2007-05-16T18:36:14Z")
Do you get a new one, or one that has awakened in a tub of goo a la Battlestar Galactica? Will he remember his past life, and the felines? Will he have nightmares of the stairway while recharging? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/23 "2007-05-16T19:04:30Z")
My Roomba always gets stuck half-way off the top stair. I thought it was just the way the sensors worked where it would stop but was unable to get back off the stairs. Does this mean mine just isn’t working right? ---
**Author:** ![Apricot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Apricot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apricot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/24 "2007-05-16T19:10:55Z")
My roomba has the amusing habit of lighting the “dirt” light and taking off after one of the cats. I think it’s trying to remove the dirt at the source. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/25 "2007-05-16T23:01:06Z")
apricot, that is amusing. i do find the dirt detected light amusing on its own even without the added bonus of cat detecting. i’m sorry red roomba has to go back to the mother ship. i hope you will have a new roomba recruit reporting for duty very soon. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/26 "2007-05-16T23:21:17Z")
Am I the only one not surprised that a redshirt Roomba would be killed so quickly? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/27 "2007-05-16T23:41:53Z")
[QUOTE=psychobunny] My Roomba always gets stuck half-way off the top stair. I thought it was just the way the sensors worked where it would stop but was unable to get back off the stairs. Does this mean mine just isn’t working right? [/QUOTE] Dunno, being a Roombaby at robot ownership. Have you called tech support to ask? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/28 "2007-05-17T01:04:29Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Am I the only one not surprised that a redshirt Roomba would be killed so quickly? [/QUOTE] Bwahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/29 "2007-05-17T01:36:40Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Am I the only one not surprised that a redshirt Roomba would be killed so quickly? [/QUOTE] Dammit, **Tuckerfan** beat me to the punchline! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/30 "2007-05-18T01:21:33Z")
**ETF** , I also had to do an In-Warranty exchange with iRobot (the gears went out in mine - terrible screeching !!). I just wanted to let you know that my new Roomba arrived today; only 6 working days after I talked to Customer Support. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/31 "2007-05-18T01:55:55Z")
I have had mine for two years, and the weirdest thing Rod has ever done was lock himself in the bathroom and beat his head against the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/32 "2007-05-18T02:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=dogbutler] lock himself in the bathroom and beat his head against the toilet. [/QUOTE] And we let them give us driving directions… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/33 "2007-05-18T03:53:40Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] **ETF** , I also had to do an In-Warranty exchange with iRobot (the gears went out in mine - terrible screeching !!). I just wanted to let you know that my new Roomba arrived today; only 6 working days after I talked to Customer Support. 😉 [/QUOTE] That’s reassuring, to say the least. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/34 "2007-05-18T10:30:42Z")
[QUOTE=dogbutler] I have had mine for two years, and the weirdest thing Rod has ever done was lock himself in the bathroom and beat his head against the toilet. [/QUOTE] Maybe he was saying something about the cleanliness of your toilet! :eek: “It’s dirty, I can’t reach it, it’s dirty, I can’t reach it… aaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhh!” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/35 "2007-05-18T11:40:19Z")
[Are you sure it wasn’t just the abuse?](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=758) ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/36 "2007-05-18T22:22:11Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] Maybe he was saying something about the cleanliness of your toilet! :eek: “It’s dirty, I can’t reach it, it’s dirty, I can’t reach it… aaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhh!” [/QUOTE] Either that, or he ean over a piece of cat hornk, and was trying to throw up. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/37 "2007-05-19T05:33:43Z")
[QUOTE=dogbutler] Either that, or he ean over a piece of cat hornk, and was trying to throw up. [/QUOTE] Oddly enough, I felt an urge to throw up when I read this. :: d&r :: ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140/38 "2007-05-19T12:48:38Z")
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy] … in time to watch it tip down, land on its bumpered head, do a backflip, and cartwheel down the stairs, scattering parts as it tumbled. It landed upside down, beeping piteously. [/QUOTE] **9.7** I deducted three tenths for the upside down landing, which was generous compared to the Russian judge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roomba-fall-down-go-boomba/404140.md?page=1)