From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!mark Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Home robots now available, $7995 Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2588 Posted: Thu Sep 2 23:04:09 1982 Received: Sun Sep 5 03:38:40 1982 References: ixn5c.230 "... plugs into its personal electric wall outlet to recharge ..." Translation: it's too stupid to find an ordinary outlet, so it needs one specially marked for it. (Or it has to be taught where it is and the outlet kept empty.) Reminds me of the famous "pet robot" at (what university was it?) that plugged in whenever it ran low - apparently its whole purpose in life was "to find a plug".