Monday, June 16, 2003

The New Pet Craze: Robovacs More than half the owners of iRobot's Roomba name their device, claims the Burlington, Massachussetts, company. Owners often talk to their machines, and many treat them as though they were alive, or semi-sentient, anyway. Some even take them on holiday, unwilling to leave them at home alone. Humans are hard-wired to love their pets, even robot dogs like Sony's Aibo. It appears robot vacuums tap into the same instincts and people are falling in love. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] comments? [] 3:26:56 PM

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