Robo-Crop! Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Attacked Woman’s Hair
Local Editor
A Robotic vacuum cleaner attacked a South Korean woman's hair after mistaking her locks for dust.
The 52-year-old woman, of Changwon city, awoke during a nap on the floor to the horrifying sensation of her hair being sucked up by her errant Roomba. According to South Korean newspaper Kyunghyang Shinmun, paramedics were needed to wrench the unnamed woman's hair from the gadget's hungry gob but she escaped serious injury.
The automated assault, would serve as a warning in South Korea, where sitting and sleeping on the floor is common.
Released in 2002, Roomba had sold more than 10 million units worldwide as of last February.
The machine uses special sensors to round obstructions and to avoid stairs and other steep drops. It scans for dirt on floors and ingests it automatically.
Roombas, which cost up to £600, had proved so successful; the range had been expanded to add the floor-scrubbing Scooba and the floor-mopping Braava.
They are made by iRobot, which also produced robots for the military.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
