A Georgia Tech College of Computing study wades into the dark world of people who love their Roomba vacuum-cleaner robots. They discovered that people "named their Roombas, traveled with them and one owner who introduced the machine to his parents." They said some people tolerate robot breakdowns and problems because "they LOVE THEIR ROBOT enough."
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I tried to love my Roomba once, that was an embarrassing trip to the emergency room...
Robots suck.
They don't just suck, they also vibrate
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