30 minute exposure of a Roomba’s cleaning path.
And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until your floor is clean. [Restraint.org]
Categories: Photography, Robots
Posted at 4:44 pm on May 9, 2009
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That’s pretty neat.
Comment by Mike — May 9, 2009 @ 5:08 pm
Lovely, it looks like the particle trails in a cloud chamber :D
Comment by xbat — May 9, 2009 @ 5:38 pm
It is the indecipherable hieroglyphics of the beings from the 12th dimension warning of our impending doom from their escaped swine-like flu virus. ( they have been influencing roombas for years!)
Comment by BobDog — May 9, 2009 @ 6:07 pm
@BobDog: Yeah, and woe to any fool who says “it’s just a cleaning droid…”
Comment by Old Chub — May 9, 2009 @ 8:28 pm
It’s beautiful.
I feel like I’m looking into a star-system.
I want to fall in.
Comment by AfraiD — May 9, 2009 @ 10:42 pm
Gasp…that’s really really pretty, in a swirly exposed Roomba sort of way!
Comment by shwayla — May 9, 2009 @ 10:43 pm
It poops radium?
Comment by Myke — May 9, 2009 @ 11:24 pm
“It poops radium…”
…or else it gets the hose again.
Comment by Gustav von Niemand — May 10, 2009 @ 7:46 am
Why do I suddenly want to turn off the lights and listen to VNV Nation?
Comment by zanbowser — May 10, 2009 @ 2:20 pm
I’m confused… there is no sign of the actual roomba in this exposure. Did they strap an LED to its top and then photoshop the greyish blur out later?
Maybe I don’t know how roombas work.
Comment by Kingfisher — May 11, 2009 @ 12:46 am
@Kingfisher – no photoshop necessary. If you leave the shutter open for 30 minutes, you will only see the stationary objects and the moving lights. i.e. look at night photography of highways – all you see are th red and white lights from the cars’ headlights and brakes.
Comment by RocDragon — May 11, 2009 @ 11:48 am
…or if you’re really patient, go for 6 months’ exposure:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3496139/Stunning-photographs-of-landmark-captured-over-six-month-period.html
Comment by Gustav von Niemand — May 11, 2009 @ 7:09 pm
yes. I must own a Roomba.
Comment by groonk — May 19, 2009 @ 2:43 am