Glen Reynolds linked to an article on POPSCI.com about the Dangers of Rogue Household Robots.
I immediately followed his link, not because I have an overriding concern about Robots gone mad, but because I had hopes that someone had invented a useful household robot.
I want an army of teeny tiny household robots who will zip out from a secure hiding place in the wall to clean up anything that is not authorized to be on the floor or carpet as soon as the unauthorized object hits the floor.
We’ve tried the Roomba robots, and although they might be fine for a household without critters, the Roomba is no match for three hairy farm dogs who track in mud, dust, leaves, grass clippings and worst of all, burrs. I those robotic vacuums might do okay with pet hair, but burrs almost require something with fingers to pull it from the carpet.
Oh, and I have not yet mentioned our ten (10) cats. We don’t go searching for kitties, they find us, and with kitties comes kitty litter, which gets stuck on kitty toes and then dropped wherever.
Oh, and I forgot to mention fiber. Since I have started spinning and carding and dying the goats’ mohair and turning it into beautiful yarn, little bits of goat hair (and some purchased wool) are finding their way into all the nooks and crannies of the house.
So where are those household robots that could turn rogue? I want them. Now.
She understates the fiber.
It looks like a goat exploded around here on some days.
That is a bit like our place. After you have been around with the vacuum cleaner, I am sure you could knit yourself a new dog with the hair that has been picked up in the container!