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An open letter to Neato Robotics

I recently purchased a Neato Robotics Neato XV Signature Pro . We went with the Neato over the iRobot Roomba because the Neato actively maps the room. I've been impressed with how well the Neato works. Originally I thought it might be marginally useful, would pick up some dust and dirt but we would have to vacuum by hand every so often. This doesn't appear to the case. Its room mapping and edge following work pretty well, it can climb up onto rugs without trouble and generally the floors (all hard floors on the first floor, except for a few rugs) are the cleanest they've ever been, and consistently so. We schedule the Neato to run almost every day, usually when we are home in case we need to pull a dog toy out of its brush or get it out from under the dining room table where it got in between all of the pushed in chairs but then couldn't find its way out. Which brings me to the topic of this post. Dear Neato Robotics, You should consider leveraging the in...