Robot Vacuum Cleaner Flees From UK Hotel

A robot vacuum cleaner made a break for freedom after giving staff the slip at a Travelodge hotel in the UK. 

The automated cleaner seemingly failed to stop at the front door of the hotel in Orchard Park in Cambridge on Thursday. I guess it must have had enough of cleaning the lobby and made its bid for freedom. 

Staff at the hotel posted the story of the robot vacuum's great escape on social media, asking for it to be returned, if found. 

"Today we had one of our new robot vacuums run for its life", Phil Rodgers, the assistant manager wrote. "They normally sense the lip at the entrance [to the hotel] and turn around, but this one decided to make a run for it". 

Its disappearance was not noticed for about 15 minutes and despite a search, it appeared the vacuum had made a clean break for it. 

While some readers joked about the robot's adventures, one feared for its safety in the great outdoors, pointing out that "nature abhors a vacuum". 

Other netizens expressed hope that the vacuum enjoyed its travels, as "it has no natural predators" in the wild.

However, much to everyone's relief, the device was found nestled under a hedge the following day by a (human) hotel cleaner sprucing up the front drive. 

It was dusted off and "is now back sitting happily on a shelf with the rest of its robot vacuum family", the hotel confirmed.

Liverpool picked up a vital three points with a hard fought 3-1 win against Crystal Palace yesterday. 

The Reds were in imperious form early on as they stormed into a two-goal lead through a Virgil van Dijk header in the eighth minute and a quick team sequence starting in midfield was fluidly passed from the right wing to the left, and Andrew Robertson crossed it over towards goal where an unmarked Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain received it, controlled it wonderfully and swung it into the net with his left foot in the thirty-second minute. 

Undaunted, the Eagles pressed on and should have pulled a goal back before half time only to be thwarted by Alisson Becker twice. 

Odsonne Edouard – he had played for Celtic (2018–2021) – halved the deficit in the 55th minute but Fabinho's penalty in the eighty-eighth minute ensured Liverpool’s victory in this Premier League game and quashed the other side’s revival.

 

In truth, after the first forty minutes or so, Liverpool were second best and had Alisson to thank time and time again for preventing Crystal Palace from scoring further goals. 

Liverpool now trail Manchester City by nine points with a game in hand.