My Roomba j7+ Got Stuck in the Bathroom and Started a 6-Hour Cleaning Marathon

I bought the iRobot Roomba j7+ because I wanted a robot that could map my house and clean efficiently. I have two dogs and a cat, so the pet hair was a constant battle. The Roomba was supposed to be the solution. For the first few months, it was amaz...

I bought the iRobot Roomba j7+ because I wanted a robot that could map my house and clean efficiently. I have two dogs and a cat, so the pet hair was a constant battle. The Roomba was supposed to be the solution. For the first few months, it was amazing. It cleaned every day while I was at work in Denver. I'd come home to clean floors and a full dust bag. I thought I had finally solved my cleaning problems. I told all my friends about it. I even bought one for my mother for Christmas. I was a complete Roomba convert. Then one day, my Roomba got stuck in the bathroom. The door accidentally closed behind it, and it spent 6 hours cleaning the same 3-foot area. I came home to a shiny bathroom floor and a very confused robot. It had gone over the same spot 47 times. The bathroom floor was spotless, but the rest of the house was a mess. I thought it was a one-time glitch. I laughed about it and told my friends about the incident. We all had a good laugh about my obsessive-compulsive robot. But it kept happening. Every few weeks, I'd find the Roomba stuck somewhere. Under the bed, in the closet, and once in the shower (that was a fun cleanup). The navigation AI is great until it isn't. I updated the firmware. I reset the mapping. I even bought new boundary strips to keep it out of problem areas. Nothing worked. The Roomba still can't figure out that the bathroom is not a 3-foot square. I've started putting a chair in front of the bathroom door to keep the Roomba out, but then I forget to move the chair and I trip over it in the middle of the night. I've spent hours watching the Roomba's path on the app. It seems to have a favorite spot in the bathroom, near the toilet, where it obsesses over a tiny area. I've moved the toilet brush, I've moved the trash can, I've even tried putting a chair in the bathroom to block the path. The Roomba just navigates around it and goes back to its favorite spot. I've started to think of the Roomba as a pet. It has its own personality. It's stubborn, obsessive, and a little bit dumb. I tried using smart home sensors to help it navigate, but the Roomba just ignores them. I've accepted that my robot is a troublemaker. I've started calling it 'Roomba the Overachiever.' My friends think it's hilarious. They keep asking me where it's going to get stuck next. Some of them have even started a betting pool on where the Roomba will get stuck next. The current frontrunner is behind the couch, but my money is on the laundry room. I've read about dating apps hate women over 35 and how automation is changing our lives. I didn't realize it would change my cleaning routine so drastically. Does anyone else's Roomba have a favorite room to obsess over? I'm about to name mine 'Roomba the Overachiever.' At this point, I've accepted that my Roomba has a mind of its own and I just have to live with it.