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Soldiers bond with iRobot machine; CEO dreams big

today.reuters.com — U.S. soldiers in Iraq are giving nicknames and forming emotional bonds with bomb-defusing robots they have come to regard as teammates, according to the founder of the company that invented the machines.

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  • johndi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1At first I thought it would just be something like they attachment people have with their cars. This seems to be quite a bit stronger. I think the CEO sounds a bit out there, but it might just be marketing.
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