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iRobot, the company behind the Roomba, is about to do more than vacuum your house, mop your floors and mow the lawn. Today the company announced that it's acquired Root Robotics, and it will add the Root educational coding robot to its lineup.

The iRobot Terra is a Roomba For Your Lawn

I don’t know about you but I really hate mowing the lawn. I’d rather be inside in the air conditioning, relaxing. Well, it looks like iRobot has finally unveiled a robot for lawn mowing that is like the Roomba you use inside your home.

The iRobot Terra robotic lawnmower is designed to perform the chore for you. All you have to do is charge it, set up the wireless beacons around your yard, connect it to the phone app, and let it do its thing. It goes into its charging dock when it needs some juice. It likely won’t cut very thick and tall grass since it is small and just has a small electric motor, but if you already keep your lawn well maintained it will likely do the trick.

It looks pretty easy to use and the best part is that while this thing is mowing your lawn, you can be relaxing inside watching TV or reading a good book. I say reading a good book, but honestly, I’m going to get sucked into binge watching cat videos. Again.

The iRobot Terra robotic lawn mower will be available in Germany soon, and then there will be a beta program in the US later this year.

[via The Awesomer via Geekologie] ]