# Florida boaters urged to look out for missing robot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-boaters-urged-to-look-out-for-missing-robot/508981 "2009-09-05T19:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-boaters-urged-to-look-out-for-missing-robot/508981/1 "2009-09-05T19:13:16Z")
Story [here](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090905/D9AH2RUO1.html). I love the robot’s name - how perfect is that? ---
**Author:** ![notthatagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@notthatagain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notthatagain)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-boaters-urged-to-look-out-for-missing-robot/508981/2 "2009-09-05T19:53:09Z")
Striped in red & white? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-boaters-urged-to-look-out-for-missing-robot/508981/3 "2009-09-05T20:02:02Z")
> [@Way Too Happy](#): > > Striped in red & white? [Where’s Waldo?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where's_Wally%3F) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-boaters-urged-to-look-out-for-missing-robot/508981/4 "2009-09-05T20:20:37Z")
My secret is out. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-boaters-urged-to-look-out-for-missing-robot/508981/5 "2009-09-05T23:45:04Z")
And really, this is just typical, isn’t it? If it was a person lost out there, they’d be mobilizing the Coast Guard and every vessel they could reach to help in the search. But no, it’s just a robot; “if you happen to see it, could you let someone know.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-boaters-urged-to-look-out-for-missing-robot/508981/6 "2009-09-06T00:06:13Z")
The Machines are starting to move. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-boaters-urged-to-look-out-for-missing-robot/508981/7 "2009-09-06T01:07:45Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > The Machines are starting to move. It wasn’t the Machines that initiated Global Warming… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-boaters-urged-to-look-out-for-missing-robot/508981/8 "2009-09-06T03:21:56Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > It wasn’t the Machines that initiated Global Warming… Yeah? Well, you can talk about your carbon footprints, but do you know what those goldurn machines have for a silicon footprint? :mad: 😃