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The Roomba vacuum cleaner from Cambridge, MA-based iRobot is already the most successful home robot ever, with more than half a million units sold since its 2002 debut. Now iRobot has made the $250 flying-saucer-shaped gadget smarter, adding a feature that causes the Roomba to linger over especially soiled spots and new software that automatically guides the device back to a charging station when batteries are low.
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