A vacuum cleaner robot escaped from a hotel in Cambridge

Travelodge robotic cleaners usually stop at the front door, where there is a slight elevation. But one of the vacuum cleaners slammed through the door on Thursday, January 20, and was only found a day later.

A social media post asking more than one reader to report the whereabouts of a runaway "employee". "One of our new robotic vacuum cleaners has fled today," the entry said. "Usually they always feel the elevation at the door and turn around, but this one decided to run away." This fact was noticed in about 15 minutes, but the fallen robot could not be found in the immediate vicinity. While allowing the possibility that a stray vacuum cleaner might have been taken home, the hotel management indicated that it was only compatible with the charging point in the hotel. Social network users, meanwhile, wished the robot a good traveler because, fortunately, he "doesn't have to be afraid of predators in the wild." On Friday afternoon, the robot was found under a hotel hedge. The robot was wiped out and is now "sitting on a shelf with its entire family of robotic vacuum cleaners," the hotel confirmed.