Final call for Gutter Robots

[Martin Riddle]

Neato...

http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=354


Cheers

 

[Ecnerwal]

Oh brother, aren't there any engineers around here? You still have to
climb the ladder to put it in the gutter and take it back out! How
about the thing comes with it's own little garage at the end of the
gutter where it parks itself when it's done and plugs itself into it's
battery charger?

Nope - have it crawl up the downspout, clear the gutter, and crawl down
again, then go around the house to find the next downspout...extra
points if it looks a bit like a spider ;-)

 

[T]

Nope - have it crawl up the downspout, clear the gutter, and crawl down
again, then go around the house to find the next downspout...extra
points if it looks a bit like a spider ;-)

That is exactly what I'd want. With the iRobot unit you have to drag out
your ladder and put the little robot in the gutter. Except I doubt this
thing can do 90 degree turns so you'll have to drag the ladder over to
reposition the robot.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Nope - have it crawl up the downspout, clear the gutter, and crawl down
again, then go around the house to find the next downspout...extra
points if it looks a bit like a spider ;-)

Are there medical applications for this sort of thing?

 

[Jim Thompson]

Are there medical applications for this sort of thing?

I have gutters (for the annual gully washer), but they never get
choked with leaves ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Frnak McKenney]

(iRobot's "Looj" series of gutter-cleaning robots)

Oh brother, aren't there any engineers around here? You still have to
climb the ladder to put it in the gutter and take it back out! How
about the thing comes with it's own little garage at the end of the
gutter where it parks itself when it's done and plugs itself into it's
battery charger?

I have four different gutter sections to worry about, and half of
them are two stories up. Moving and climbing a fully-extended
laddre is no fun; doing it multiple times for a 30' gutter sections
is less so.

I guess I _could_ buy four Loojes and give each its own garage, even
the one on the 10' section<grin!>, but I'd still have to go up on
the roof to install all this stuff and do maintenance on the robots.
I'd much rather not climb the ladder in the first place.

Besides, it's the Looj that needs to be hoisted to roof level, not
me. How about a 20' "fishing pole" with a hook at the end of the
line that simply lifts the Looj up to the gutter and lets you "hook"
it to bring it back to earth?

Since it looks like you need to point the Looj in the right
direction it could be difficult to swing the Looj around properly,
but it would still be easier than climbing a ladder. (A lot safer,
too, bar the occasional hook slippange and the ensuing Looj
re-entry. <grin>)

I don't need the holster and spare battery pack to start with, it
looks like I can start of for about $100. Not bad... if it works.
I've downloaded iRobot's Gutter_measurement.pdf file to see if the
sucker will fit in mine.

Thanks for the "heads up", Martin.