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Robot vacuums finally learn gestures

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A free update lets Matic's California-built robot vacuum respond to voice and gesture, pointing at a mess and telling it to 'clean this' — an interface edge over Chinese rivals as Washington restricts foreign-made bots.

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  1. 2026-08-22 04:10 · The Rundown AI
    Robot vacuums finally learn gestures

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