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Once turned on it "wiggles" left and right while moving forward about 2 feet. Then it stops and turns 90 degrees left then repeats. It seems possessed!
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Fully charge the unit, then put him/her (C'mon, we all assign a gender to our roomba, don't be shy about admitting it) on the floor and press the "Clean" button three times. This resets him.
Hi. You will need to replace the old/damaged IR LEDs in the front bumpers optical. If you are comfortable using a soldering iron, I can supply you the parts needed.
Hey' This means Roomba is not registering obstacles. Roomba may be stuck in one place. Roomba may be in extremely large room, try setting up virtual walls to create smaller area. If Roomba is not in a large room, tap Roomba's bumper to confirm it is properly working. Hope this helps Avi
It probably does think its met an obstacle. It could be the bump sensor switch remains pressed, one of the 4 cliff sensors on the front is dirty, or one of the 3 wheel drop sensors (left right and caster) is alarmed. Clean the sensors and your problem may resolve.
you need to turn roomba over, leave the battery in, push the wheels at the same time 15 times. after that, push the front bumper about 15 times. then turn on roomba and press clean.
No matter your model Roomba, this occurs when Roomba has gone "crazy." Its brain is no longer working properly and you can usually tell this when you've cleaned the dickens out of it a few times and the behavior is still the same. There's only one possible user fix and that is to take out the battery, hold down the power button for 20-30 seconds then reinsert the battery.
If that doesn't do the trick, IRobot might send you something called an Ozmo which you put in the data port to rewrite Roomba's brain. Unfortunately this requires it to be under warranty unless you get lucky. Good luck, all!
I had the same back-up, turn, move forward a couple inches, backup-up, etc. problem. Try cleaning/cutting the hair, etc. out from around the brushes, as well as around the ends of the brushes. Also, try a Q-tip to clean out the four pair of sensors (on my Roomba there are four pairs of little lenses under the bottom of the bumper) that (apparently) can cause the Roomba to think it is going over a cliff so it backs up. I didn't have a can of compressed air, so I turned it over on the grass and went after it with a leaf blower..up close. Lots of dust came out and it has worked fine since.
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