What you see is a Neeto robotic vacuum cleaner. In this photo, it is vacuuming our bedroom floor.
We are having an interesting, learning relationship. I watch as its tiny brain navigates (sort-of) around the house. I regularly have to free it from areas where it gets stuck; or if it just runs short of power, move it back to its charging station.
From the instruction manual, I expected it to move in a logical pattern around each room. It doesn't. I fear that the minuscule capacity of its processors and memory are not up to that kind of effort. Happily, I do not have to watch continuously. If it has a problem, it "politely" rings a bell and squeaks to alert me to its difficulty.
The cats seem more at ease with it than a larger, noisier vacuum. In fact this morning, it had to nudge one to get it out of the way.
It's a long way from "I ROBOT".
