Robot vacuum cleaner trained to dodge pet faeces

Hedgehog corpses

Avoiding obstacles in a complex environment is a challenge facing many different types of domestic robot. And Dr Sophie Lund Rasmussen, of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, at the University of Oxford, is working with robot-lawn-mower manufacturers to minimise theirShe told BBC News her research, using hedgehog corpses collected from local rescue centres, showed "the sensor technologies used in the 18 different models tested were not able to detect the hedgehogs at a distance" - though some had stopped or change direction when in contact with the corpses.

But the challenges facing lawn-mowers and vacuum cleaners were not directly comparable "as they serve different purposes and may not use the exact same technology".

Progress i see

First world problems are so ridiculous, if you got off your arse and did yourself it would not be a problem

Big news story! Lies told by PM ignored! PeterStefanovi2 ‘s video so much more important, but I guess now regards this as history even though lies continue on a daily basis.

The Onion headline right here

No shit!

Can they be trained to rub the dogs nose in it.

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 smart robot. Need to teach it to carry poo bags.

Oh come on. Who calls their pet faeces?

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These things also map your floorplan and send the data back to the company. Weird, because most properties have floorplans but good to know they care about my home.

big if true

No shit

Like the BBC and investigative journalism!

That's some shit

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