History Main / InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas

* They show up every so often in ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''. Doraemon himself is one - a babysitter robot, to be exact - but is also so over-engineered that he can run off and have planet-saving adventures in the movies.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' has the titular Mobile Suits being the natural progression of space colony maintenance mecha, at least one of which - the Ball - shows up.

* Leeron uses these in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.

* Several in ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. Nearly every non human-character is one of these. This is because in this future, all of mankind has become infantilized ([[BigFatFuture even becoming overweight blobs]]) and living a life of endless leisure with the robots performing all of the manufacturing, maintenance, and clean-up duties.

* ''RoomboFirstBlood'' is a black comedy PC game best described as "''Film/HomeAlone'', but Kevin is a bloodthirsty sentient Roomba." Given the task of defending your family's hi-tech home against a number of burglars, you achieve this by largely [[HomeAloneAntics luring them into traps made by hacking household appliances]], sucking up and [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank wielding the occasional kitchen knife]], and launching charge attacks once the Roomba has [[SuperMode powered up enough on the burglars' blood]]. Having successfully defended your home and sprayed blood everywhere in the process, you then earn extra points by cleaning up as much as possible in one minute, while cheery music plays in the background and the Roomba zooms around with a ^_^ face on its display.

Compare and Contrast: MechaMook, RobotBuddy, and RobotMaid. May be centrally controlled by a SmartHouse.

* In the InteractiveFiction version of ''VideoGame/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', two cleaner robots on the Vogon ship make it [[RubeGoldbergDevice rather more difficult than it probably should be]] to get a Babelfish out of the vending machine.

---> '''Tony:''' [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Good boy.]]

* The ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' and ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' books and comics greatly expand on the already large number of non-awesome, non-fighting, non-remarkable-in-any-way robots present in the series. Along with those in the films, they make a massive workforce of completely automated helpers with no fighting capacity whatsoever. Many don't even have a complex personality. [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Droid#Other_uses Here, take a look]].

* ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' has MOUSE, the little robotic avatar of the ship's A.I.. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the notes on]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/03/29/i-hate-the-living/ this page]], it seems to do little more than serve as a mobile communicator, a function that's [[IsThisThingOn not always]] [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/04/10/perfect-disaster/ desirable]]...

"Robot" once meant "worker" or "serf."[[note]]Derived from the Czech word "Robota," meaning "work." Pronounced, "Ro-BO-ta" (rather than "RO-bot-a").[[/note]] In modern use, the term describes any mechanism or even a disembodied computer program capable of performing tasks autonomously with little to no human intervention. In science fiction, however, it's used for any person-like machine, even no longer serving a dedicated purpose such as in the event of a RobotUprising. So it can be a bit surprising when an otherwise futuristic robot's primary purpose is something mundane, like cleaning or assembling automobiles, even though that's exactly what they do in RealLife.

"Robot" once meant "worker" or "serf"[[note]]Derived from the Czech word "Robota," meaning "work." Pronounced, "Ro-BO-ta" (rather than "RO-bot-a")[[/note]]. In modern use, the term describes any mechanism or even a disembodied computer program capable of performing tasks autonomously with little to no human intervention. In science fiction, however, it's used for any person-like machine, even no longer serving a dedicated purpose such as in the event of a RobotUprising. So it can be a bit surprising when an otherwise futuristic robot's primary purpose is something mundane, like cleaning or assembling automobiles, even though that's exactly what they do in RealLife.

* The ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' and ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' books and comics greatly expand on the already large amount of non-awesome, non-fighting, non-remarkable-in-any-way robots present in the series. Along with those in the films, they make a massive workforce of completely automated helpers with no fighting capacity whatsoever. Many don't even have a complex personality. [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Droid#Other_uses Here, take a look]].

* Spoofed in the Australian FanFilm ''StarWarsDownunder'' with the ESK-1 Esky Droid (which keeps the beer cold as well as having handy legs to carry it to you), the W.B.R Barbie Droid (a barbeque on caterpillar tracks), and the LG-0 Bouncer Bot (used to defend pubs from attacking Sith Troopers).

* In ''Robotix,'' the title robots were piloted mecha originally used for construction and the like. After a catastrophe, the main characters end up getting their minds permanently [[BrainUploading transferred into them.]]

"Robot" once meant "worker" or "serf"[[note]]Derived from the Czech/Russian word "Robota," meaning "work." Pronounced, "Ro-BO-ta" (rather than "RO-bot-a")[[/note]]. In modern use, the term describes any mechanism or even a disembodied computer program capable of performing tasks autonomously with little to no human intervention. In science fiction, however, it's used for any person-like machine, even no longer serving a dedicated purpose such as in the event of a RobotUprising. So it can be a bit surprising when an otherwise futuristic robot's primary purpose is something mundane, like cleaning or assembling automobiles, even though that's exactly what they do in RealLife.

* In ''{{TabletopGame/Mortasheen}}'', [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/succoom.htm Succoom]] the living Vaccum cleaner is a {{Mons}} version of this trope.

* In {{Mortasheen}}, [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/succoom.htm Succoom]] the living Vaccum cleaner is a {{Mons}} version of this trope.

* TSR's ''TabletopGame/TopSecret'' espionage RPG, ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine #48 adventure "Dr. Yes: The Floating Island Mission". The enemy facility has small robots called "Bernies" that can act as vacuum cleaners (and trash compactors, because they compress the trash they pick up), They also mop and wax the floor as they pass over it. When one encounters a trail of debris (dirt, water, blood, etc.) it will follow it to its source, cleaning as it goes.

* Several in ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. Nearly every non human-character is one of these. This is because in this future, all of mankind has become infantilized ([[BigFatFuture even becoming overweight blobs]]) and living a life of endless leasure with the robots performing all of the manufacturing, maintenance, and clean-up duties.

* Several in ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. Nearly every non human-character is one of these.

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* Several in ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. Nearly every non human-character is one of these.

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* Spoofed in the Australian FanFilm ''StarWarsDownunder'' with the ESK-1 Esky Droid (which keeps the beer cold as well as having handy legs to carry it to you), the W.B.R Barbie Droid (a barbeque on caterpillar tracks), and the LG-0 Bouncer Bot (used to defend pubs from attacking Sith Troopers).

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* Robyn "[[GadgeteerGenius Toy Box]]" Slinger uses these in ''TopTen'' to [[TheyFightCrime fight crime]].

* ''JohnnyTest'': the many varieties of robots Susan and Mary create.