{"id":149488,"date":"2010-01-07T11:02:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T16:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/07\/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment\/"},"modified":"2010-01-07T11:02:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T16:02:41","slug":"neato%e2%80%99s-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/149488","title":{"rendered":"Neato\u2019s XV-11 robot vacuum gets the hands-on treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/neato_g001.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>We had lots of fun playing with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/12\/16\/neatos-vx-11-robot-vacuum-maps-out-your-floor-for-efficiency-d\/\">Neato&#8217;s XV-11 robot sweeper<\/a> &#8212; probably as much fun as you can have watching something quietly vacuum a few M&amp;Ms off of a carpet. Of course, the selling point is the company&#8217;s Room Positioning System, which employs sensors to map the floor space (as opposed to merely bumping off walks). They are clearly gunning for Roomba&#8217;s market share here &#8212; but something tells me the latter company isn&#8217;t worried. After all, we&#8217;ve never seen the XV-11 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/11\/27\/roomba-saves-child-from-deadly-viper-challenges-tango-to-a-figh\/\">kill a viper<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment\/\">Neato&#8217;s XV-11 robot vacuum gets the hands-on treatment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment\/2590852\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/neato005_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment\/2590855\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/neato008_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment\/2590856\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/neato009_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment\/2590849\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/neato002_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/photos\/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment\/2590850\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.engadget.com\/media\/2010\/01\/neato003_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/01\/07\/neatos-xv-11-robot-vacuum-gets-the-hands-on-treatment\/\">Neato&#8217;s XV-11 robot vacuum gets the hands-on treatment<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\">Engadget<\/a> on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:46:00 EST.  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