Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for February 01, 2021

Domestic Battlebot

Poor Snuggles!

Is there a gentle setting on a Roomba? This seems more like a “destroy-everything-in-its-path” setting.

I thought a Roomba would back up if it hit anything in its path.

Ya know, I’d wanna watch that!

One more time we need a sad face.

Apparently only a few new models have the ability to detect and avoid pet poop. Must be a lovely task to clean up after the others.

When I do use our robovac, it pushes anything on the floor (under 10 lbs) into some obscure locations.

I gotta get one of those.

What if it ran over someone’s foot?

and no Cosell to call it

Roombas are fantastic! Yes, they stop when they bump something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTSH3hxdk_A

No wonder nature abhors a vacuum.

For no good reason, I am reminded of one of the sequences in the movie Akira …