{"id":549,"date":"2012-06-24T18:04:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=549"},"modified":"2019-12-28T12:14:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T10:14:01","slug":"vacuum-cleaning-using-roomba-adl-activities-of-daily-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=549","title":{"rendered":"Vacuum cleaning using Roomba [ADL activities of daily living] {h}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As discussed earlier, we can solve problems differently &#8211; not necessarily restricting choices to a particular type of solution. And with a disability such as this (&#8230;remember the title of this website at all&#8230;?), there are problems to solve.<\/p>\n<p>Since a while, I am interested in best ways to solve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?cat=98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ADL (activities of daily living) problems<\/a> from perspective of this peculiar disability that I have. For that, I conducted all kinds of investigations, met with people, and was given insight to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at times spectacular visions<\/a>. So I do go about this with a systematic approach, let there be no doubt that there is method in what appears to be confused madness. By the way &#8211; if you feel this is a rather confused and mixed up blog website, try using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?page_id=353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sitemap<\/a>. I may add that once I feel competent to at least somewhat fill in more of the still white areas on the map with some more puzzle pieces, I may well put that puzzle together &#8211; but for time being, let&#8217;s not do overviews and systematic approaches. Let&#8217;s keep the nose close on the map. Let&#8217;s keep looking at details, single ideas. Let&#8217;s collect more puzzle pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Here, look, this one is about vacuum cleaning : )<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So instead of exercising my prosthetic arm or, worse, getting my left arm to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swisswuff.ch\/tech\/?p=507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overuse<\/a>, I got myself a Roomba.<\/p>\n<p>The Roomba is a little automatic vacuum cleaner that runs on rechargeable batteries and can be programmed to clean according to a schedule. I use it on the ground floor and once it is done there after a week of vacuuming, I may take it upstairs to have it sweep there. Here is how that looks like:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SOlRJd621xY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SOlRJd621xY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>We all have been considering overuse of the other arm, damage to the prosthetic arm and costs of prosthetic arm repairs. This is a really elegant way out of such issues.<\/p>\n<p>They are not for free, but you have to keep prices in a perspective. One Hosmer hook costs about as much as a Roomba (300 to 600 $). One Becker hand costs about as much as one of these devices (up to 600 $). That&#8217;s where these are at.<\/p>\n<p>My Roomba model runs flawlessly since about three weeks now. It tends to get tangled up in cables so best to get these off the floor. It does a pretty good job at telling you when to clean it and when to empty the container but I will say it is a good idea to not wait for that. You will want to have Roomba clean while you are away &#8211; and that is done best when the device is clean and empty to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>You can get Roomba cleaners here:<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAZON USA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00IPEZKBW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00IPEZKBW&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=n3hczl1tsl3pm-20&amp;linkId=adc426e0153fe76b3745942aa4991418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iRobot Roomba 614 Robot Vacuum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0798FVY69\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0798FVY69&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=n3hczl1tsl3pm-20&amp;linkId=b35914caee89768424e161e3671dc9ee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iRobot Roomba 671 Robot Vacuum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There may be other models but as far as I can see these should do the job for now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMAZON GERMANY \/ DEUTSCHLAND:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/B079QM5GL9\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;creativeASIN=B079QM5GL9&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=ux78u76dz-21&amp;linkId=ff7c14296f319b1af77f26f54ea6df7f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iRobot Roomba 671 Saugroboter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/B016ZIJAV0\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;camp=1638&amp;amp;creative=6742&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B016ZIJAV0&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;tag=ux78u76dz-21&amp;amp;linkId=53e75d2f7271f2ae5e84bb49f0785452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iRobot Roomba 615 Saugroboter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, there are other companies but so far, evaluation has lead me to these products.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=swisswuff\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-size=\"large\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As discussed earlier, we can solve problems differently &#8211; not necessarily restricting choices to a particular type of solution. 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