Brian
04-15-2007, 10:17 PM
Roomba Violates All Three Laws Of Roombotics (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/11474/Roomba+Violates+All+Three+Laws+Of+Roombotics/)
"CHARLOTTE, NC—A top-of-the-line, third-generation Roomba Scheduler robotic floor-cleaning vacuum purchased in January by 35-year-old claims adjuster Ken Graney has inexplicably broken all three laws of Roombotics, a simple yet vital protocol programmed into every Roomba by its manufacturer, iRobot.
The Roomba, in a rare moment of immobility, rests on a wall in Graney's home.
"The vacuum cleaner is out of control," Graney said about the malfunctioning model 4260, which he suspects of behaving in a "blatantly unethical" way that perverts its original mission. "I'm afraid to be in my own house. The constant, ceaseless cleaning." "
Read full story here (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/roomba_violates_all_three_laws_of)
"CHARLOTTE, NC—A top-of-the-line, third-generation Roomba Scheduler robotic floor-cleaning vacuum purchased in January by 35-year-old claims adjuster Ken Graney has inexplicably broken all three laws of Roombotics, a simple yet vital protocol programmed into every Roomba by its manufacturer, iRobot.
The Roomba, in a rare moment of immobility, rests on a wall in Graney's home.
"The vacuum cleaner is out of control," Graney said about the malfunctioning model 4260, which he suspects of behaving in a "blatantly unethical" way that perverts its original mission. "I'm afraid to be in my own house. The constant, ceaseless cleaning." "
Read full story here (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/roomba_violates_all_three_laws_of)