Slopfest #76 · 2002 · Vienna
The Robot That Cleans Up After Us
A robot vacuum finally arrived. It took one look at Slopfest and went back to its dock.
#76Photographer forgot to remove the lens cap. Twice.
Museum status: Displayed once, briefly, in a Würstelstand window.
- Venue
- Palais Auersperg, the ballroom
- Attendance
- 17,700
- Also spotted
- An Avril Lavigne poster, tie and all, taped to the Roomba and doing laps all night
- Fun fact
- 2 kg of confetti, 1 shoe, 0 progress
What happened
The committee bought a robot vacuum to clean up after the festival. It worked the ballroom for four hours, collected two kilos of confetti and one shoe, then parked under the Blechkopf's display table and refused to move. It is still there, and has the best attendance record of anyone.
Elsewhere in 2002
iRobot launches the Roomba, an autonomous vacuum cleaner that finds its own way around a room.
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