[Depth]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/18/i...tary-contract/



In a shocking tale of totally expected events, iRobot has been awarded a tidy $286 million army contract to produce a merciless, bone-crushing battalion of 3,000 peaceful, loving, bomb-disarming robots (and their spare parts). This comes hot on the heels of Robotic FX getting its walking papers (as well as a canceled contract) on the same military work, so we can't exactly say we're surprised. Just another chapter in the ever-unfolding legal and philosophical drama that is the iRobot / Robotic FX story. iRobot -- this round is all yours.

[Aas Gutú Adéli]

I must confess, when reading the thread's title I was thinking Will Smith.

[thejerk]

is this a mac vs pc thing?

[AMERICANBORN926]

Originally Posted by Aas Gutú Adéli

I must confess, when reading the thread's title I was thinking Will Smith.

same here

[Bas Rutten Gear]

I also thought it was about the movie and they were going to make some realistic robots.

[Mithra]

Originally Posted by Bas Rutten Gear

I also thought it was about the movie and they were going to make some realistic robots.

These are realistic robots...

Interesting about face, didn't we have a topic on these two companies with someone suggesting purchasing stock in iRobot after it fell 25% ?

[ahcshon]

i was thinking apple had made a super ipod that will fight in wars or something

[HuMz]

does this robot plays mp3?

[BayAreaGuy]

Imagine if instead of using iRobots for bomb disarming, used them for war purposes. Like if they added a machine gun on the end of this thing.

[Mithra]

Originally Posted by BayAreaGuy

Imagine if instead of using iRobots for bomb disarming, used them for war purposes. Like if they added a machine gun on the end of this thing.

Give them some time