IVP wrote:
> The Packbot robot is made by Massachussetts company iRobot.
> Travelling on miniature tank-like treads, it opened closed doors and
> explored the insides of the buildings
>
> (is anyone else getting fed up with 'i....' names ?)

Yes, but iRobot isn't to blame as they were one of the first (the first?).
Their name was meant to be a takeoff on "I Robot", a science fiction novel
by Isaac Asimov.  It's Apple and the copycats it spawned that overused the
name.


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