We were shocked when we found out that robot vacuums have actually been around for a fair while.
First introduced way back in 2002, the Roomba was invented by a group of roboticists who were part of a company fittingly called iRobot. While the earliest iterations of the ingenious, chore-ending machine included manual control via an accompanying remote, modern adaptations of the robot hoover have resulted in an array of innovative features.
