Roomba i7 Teardown: Why is there a waving cat with a lint roller inside?
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I wasn’t planning to take apart a Roomba today, but when your kid greets you in the morning with, “Are we going to take apart mommy’s vacuum robot today?” it’s hard to say no. So, I spent part of my day taking apart, documenting, and reassembling a Roomba i7 - the newest generation of the Roomba line, with persistent house maps, a far quieter blower, and quite the surprise waiting inside for the determined explorer!
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Roomba i7 Teardown: Why is there a waving cat with a lint roller
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Why does my Roomba robot vacuum keep going in circles?
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Roomba i7 Teardown: Why is there a waving cat with a lint roller
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SPOT Clean Fix for the iRobot Roomba i7, no more scattered debris
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Question my wife asked this morning: how is roomba with kid crap
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Is it normal for corner brush on i7+ to start and stop as it's
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Roomba i7 Teardown: Why is there a waving cat with a lint roller
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Hey, hoping for some advice with my I7. Regardless of how short
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Hey, hoping for some advice with my I7. Regardless of how short
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fixing roomba side brush motor - stops and starts spinning results