The Seattle Times writes about a new study that finds people love their Roombas. The headline would make one think they enjoyed the functionality the robotic vacuum offers, but as the study found a far more anthropomorphic relationship present in many owners who go so far as to name their Roombas and worry about them while they were in the shop for repairs.
I’m all for robots and find this to be a step in the right direction. Until recently a lot of people have feared the idea of household robots, and the jobs they would take but apparently the public opinion is shifting for the better. As the personal robotics market evolves over the next few years it will be interesting to watch how the public opinion changes as they see more and more household tasks made simple through technology.
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