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MSU's Winboni robot cleans windows, wins awards

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-newswire.com/release_1080602.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="MSU's Winboni robot cleans windows, wins awards" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/12/winboni-20081203-600.jpg" /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: left;">We don't get out too often (blogger skin burns easily); the closest to the great outdoors we come is squinting longingly through windows gone opaque thanks to lack of cleaning. We'd nearly resigned ourselves to a life lived of dim illumination, but now have new hope thanks to Winboni, an award-winning prototype robot from four mechanical engineering students at Michigan State University. The 5 x 5-inch bot uses a fan to stick to the window (not unlike like Takara Tomy's wall-climbing <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/takara-tomys-wall-climbing-aerospider-rc-car-ships-this-month/">AeroSpider</a>, makes a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/engadgets-holiday-gift-guide-for-son/">great gift</a>), and relies on two AA batteries to motor itself around the window, scrubbing all the while. We definitely like the concept and its promise of extra light for our dwellings, but until this thing can find a way to get from one pane to the next without us having to get out of our chairs we'll sadly have to keep squinting through the grime. <br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.therawfeed.com/2008/12/students-build-window-washing-robot.html">The Raw Feed</a>]</div> </div><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msus-winboni-robot-cleans-windows-wins-awards/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>MSU's Winboni robot cleans windows, wins awards</em></a></p><p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/household/" rel="tag">Household</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/robots/" rel="tag">Robots</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msus-winboni-robot-cleans-windows-wins-awards/">MSU's Winboni robot cleans windows, wins awards</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:20:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://media-newswire.com/release_1080602.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msus-winboni-robot-cleans-windows-wins-awards/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1390213/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msus-winboni-robot-cleans-windows-wins-awards/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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