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View from above the water looking down at the WYBOT pool cleaner docked underwater on the side of a pool. The WYBOT is black with treads on both sides and underneath the unit. It is mounted vertically on the pool side in its dock. It has green horizontal light on the front and five small green LEDs indicating battery charge. It also has a green gridded inlet on the top of the unit for water output and a small power button. The company name WYBOT is printed on the top of the unit. A black right-angled bracket attaches the lower to the upper portion of the dock. The upper portion is made of a black solar panel lying on the surface of the pool deck.

CES 2025: WYBOT Solar Powered Robotic Pool Cleaner

Allison interviews Josè Vailès about their solar-powered robotic pool cleaner called WYBOT. The WYBOT pool cleaner has no cables or hoses attached. It cleans the pool autonomously using battery power, and when it needs more power, it automatically goes to a docking station at the side of the pool. The docking station has a small […]

Oblique view of the Yarbo modular yard robot in its lawn mower configuration. The robot has treads on either side of the Core unit that is low to the turf. Two small antennas protrude vertically from each side of the unit. The rear of the Core units is vertical with two connectors, tail lights, and the company name in yellow on a black background. In front of the unit is attached the mower module that hugs the turf. Both the Core unit and mower module are black with yellow highlights. The Yarbo mower is on an uphill incline of green turf with unfocused trees in the background.

CES 2025: Yarbo Modular Yard Robot

Allison interviews Kathy Zhang about the smart modular yard robot called Yarbo. It can autonomously handle multiple yard maintenance tasks throughout the year including lawn mowing, leaf blowing, snow blowing, liquid spraying, and granular spreading. It even can tow up to 3,500 lbs. Yarbo consists of a Core Unit that provides power, propulsion, and sensing […]

On Self-Driving Cars and Illusory Superiority

Now that Uber revealed their first self-driving car, and we’ve got Google and Volvo and Tesla and probably Apple working on self-driving cars, I’d like to move from ride sharing/hailing to the self-driving car discussion. This is another one of those conversations that I stomp around the house having opinions about but have never written […]

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