Wired News on the new craze of people treating their robotic vacuum cleaners like pets:
“We have people who actually consider them their companion, even though it’s just vacuuming their floor,” said iRobot spokeswoman Nancy Dussault. “People get attached to them and think of them as part of their family. It’s almost a pet. It makes them feel like they’re not alone. It’s really interesting how they’ve taken to their robots.”
Of course, this is exactly what I predicted would happen in a column written last year for the Guardian about the debut of the Roomba.
