The Robots of WootPosted 5 Oct 2007 at 14:25 UTC by Rog-a-matic 
The daily deal website sensation known as Woot, offers
yet another opportunity for robot ownership today: an
iRobot Roomba 4296 Remote Scheduler Robotic Vacuum for $140.
Actually, it's $139.99, but .99 is an archaic remnant of
the marketing past which I fully reject as an insult to my ability to
round. Monday it was a
Haward Viper Pool Cleaner (Sure, it's a robot of sorts),
last week an
iRobot Roomba Discovery SE, and back in August a
Scooba.
The "One Day, One Deal" formula seems to be working
nicely for the
Carrollton, Texas internet retailer who recently struck up a
partnership with Yahoo to expand the idea, hopefully with more
robotic offerings. Oh, I forgot to mention - HURRY!
When I read the title of this, I was hoping for a robot designed after Elf Only Inn's Woot character. Although if they sell iRobot Create or some other programmable, I might be interested.
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