"Kids, remember yesterday when they said there was No future? well--- this is it!" - Blank Reg. This blog is about the future or lack thereof and how our 21st Century present has or hasn't lived up to the 20th Century vision of the Future.I write about the history of the Future, the future of the Future and pretty much anything involving robots.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Battlebots: Patent Infringment edition!
iRobot, makers of the Roomba are suing Robotic FX, claiming that the company's Negotiator tactical robot is a ripoff of iRobot's military packbot. iRobot also claims that robotic Fx's founder, a former iRobot employee, violated nondisclosure and noncompeting clauses of his contract. The best part of the story (which you can read by clicking on the post's title) is the part where iRobot demands that all existing Negotiators be turned over to it "for destruction". I say if you're gonna destroy robots at least make it interesting. Let's put the packbots and negotiators in an arena, arm them to the teath and may the best robot win!
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Well written article.
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