The Roomba That Changed Everything: How a Hockey Puck Robot Revolutionized Floor Cleaning

Before 2002, vacuuming meant dragging a heavy machine around your house every week. Then three MIT roboticists created a disc-shaped robot that would forever change how we think about floor cleaning. We're diving deep into the Roomba's creation story, the engineering challenges its inventors faced, and why this simple hack became a cultural phenomenon that spawned an entire industry.