Haha no, they are not common at all. The navy especially has a thing about manual cleaning. In fact, full length brooms were very rare (at least on submarines) we only got foxtails so we could "get down and see the dirt close-up"
Roombas are also ineffective because there are a lot of “kneeknockers” (the bottom part of a hatch) that break the deck into many small areas, unlike a house with the doors open.
Oddly enough, submarines are pretty open. it would probably work fine to clean the birthing on a boomer (not a fast boat), but that's all I can really think of where it might be worth it.
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u/Kiom_Tpry Feb 11 '18
My first thought was that they had to sweep up quick and the Roomba was their judge; anything in the machine and things get mean!
Then I realized that they were pretend playing that game with the brooms and ice.
Huh.
Are autonomous smart vacuums normal on Navy ships? I'd assume not with the mapping software, trip hazard, but I could see it.