Nintendo "Chiritorie" Vacuum Cleaner

[henrydreyfuss]

In 1979, when Nintendo was thriving as a toy company, Gunpei Yokoi (their creative inventor that steered the company towards amusement products), designed a small remote controlled vacuum cleaner called the "Chiritorie" (Japanese for "dustpan"). When running, it constantly spins around in circles, but it has a single-button remote that makes the cute thing move in a straight line. There's a neat video that shows it in action. It looks fun!



http://blog.beforemario.com/2011/03/nintendo-chiritori-1979.html

 

[whirlpolf]

cute!

want one ;-D

How did you find this site? I'd never suspect vacuums to be on a Nintendo page.

 

[henrydreyfuss]

I was being a huge nerd and looking for Nintendo's vintage toys from the 60's and 70's. I knew about the Chiritorie (also Chirotorii, if ya wanna romanize), but never saw such a well written article on one that detailed how it worked. I'd like one too!

 

[eurekafansquid]

And this my bois, Might be the first robot vacuum.

 

[rdwdcp]

There's a Nintendo game called Luigi's mansion witch has a vacuum cleaner in

 

[huskyvacs]

They were ahead of the time with this idea, even as a toy. It took 40 years to realize it into what we have today with Roombas.