Although manufactureriRobothas acknowledged the issues , it may take many weeks before the intoxicated and disorderly bots are fixed .

The recent update , 3.12.8 , was publish   in late January in an attack to fix glitch with the Roomba and add some novel feature film . However , it chop-chop became infamous for creating a number of unexplained behaviors . The automated robots   all of a sudden   struggled to navigate , terminate up in room they were not presuppose to be in or merely spinning on the spot ,   and many users reported their   preset   programs were wiped in the i7 and S9 poser . With Roombas fetching   price tags of up to$1099 , those with matter are understandably upset .

alas , even drift back the update to a premature looping provided no moderation , with another userstatingthat their equipment was " get mute by the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. " . Even following an update rollback , Reddit useru / HobosInTuxedosreported : Roomba spin around itself , sometimes slam its bumper into article of furniture ; drive around in eldritch patterns ; driving off the dock diagonally ; learn a very tenacious clip to clean my main animation expanse ; and go to reload 5 times for a amount of 8 mo - where it was antecedently able to clean on a single charge .

Despite their frustrations , others had no consequence with the latest microcode , statingthe update " only make it bright and stronger "   – which sounds   frighteningly   like the   start of a vacuum - based apocalypse .

iRobot   has since responded .

" We ’ve crop with touch customers to roll their robot ’s software program back , " iRobot says in a statement reported by theBBC .

" We are also implementing an update to ensure any alike issue are avoided go forward . This update is being deploy to all customers over the row of the next several hebdomad . "

As with all complicated and automated technical school , Roombas can have a intellect of their own .   Perhaps the best story of all is the humanity   whose   Roomba had a hit with dog poop whilst clean . Unfazed by   its   soiled wheels , it then smeared it all over the sign of the zodiac while happily performing it ’s ‘ cleaning ’ duties . After others partake in their interchangeable stories , this sad smear on the Roomba ’s account was named the‘poopocalypse ’ .

While mechanization is coming along leap and bounds , unfortunately , common sensation in robots may be a little way off .

[ H / T : BBC ]