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Roomba Vacuum Sucks Up Viper, Saves Kids

by Caleb Johnson on November 30, 2009 at 04:30 PM

When an Israeli family recently left their vacuuming robot to tidy up, they received more than just a clean house. According to Bot Junkie, Efi Frida found a deadly viper wrapped around the brushes of the Roomba 560 that she and her husband had purchased to help with household chores. The startling discovery happened when Frida returned home to find the robot angrily beeping and getting stuck. She opened it up, and saw the poor, dead snake inside, wound tightly around the robot's spinning parts.

Considering the Fridas have two children, Jonathan, 7, and Yael, 4, it's a good thing the Roomba was patrolling the house on this particular evening. (And it's a good thing the Fridas didn't purchase a rogue Roomba.) Although Efi says she's thankful, she also told an Israeli newspaper that finding the dead snake was bittersweet. "I like snakes, so for me it's a somewhat tragic ending," she said.

The only tragic part of this story would be if the heroic robot were to go on strike over stressful work conditions. (No word on this, yet.) That's one labor union you don't want to mess with. [From: Bot Junkie, via Geekologie]


Tags: animals, funny, house, robot, robots, roomba, snake, vacuum

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