I have a dead Roomba that was left in the closet when I moved in. I've also seen live ones in action. My impressions: They're fun to watch, but they're noisy, slow, and weak. They might do better on hardwood than on carpet, though.
The Roomba manual tells you how to make a room "Roomba-friendly", changing furniture configurations that it will get stuck on, placing beacons near things it won't like, etc. It's tedious enough that you probably don't want to let the thing roam in more than one room.
The Roomba is too big to fit between the legs of a dining room chair, which is unfortunate because it's often dirty under a table.
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