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A small robot vacuum cleaner was demonstrated by Whirlpool in 1959

Summary by adafruit.com
Picture 1959, at the height of the Cold War. In Moscow, a curious little box-shaped device buzzes around a futuristic kitchen, quietly cleaning the floor without any human intervention. This wasn’t science fiction – it was Whirlpool’s robotic vacuum cleaner demonstration at the 1959 American National Exhibition, a full 43 years before iRobot’s Roomba hit the market! The Cold War Kitchen of Tomorrow The RCA Whirlpool “Miracle Kitchen” was America…
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adafruit.com broke the news in on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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