# Meger News; Taser + iRobot

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meger-news-taser-irobot/409832>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 28, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meger-news-taser-irobot/409832 "2007-06-28T21:54:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meger-news-taser-irobot/409832/1 "2007-06-28T21:54:28Z")

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I was looking to buy a Taser today so I went over to the web site. Don’t bother; the “civilian” model is on an eight-week wait. But the big news is that the Taser people are merging with iRobot, who makes the little floor-cleaning robots. No word on why exactly.

New batteries? Certain software? Economies of scale? Perhaps; I am hoping for new ways to harass the cat however.

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meger-news-taser-irobot/409832/2 "2007-06-28T22:29:24Z")

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Floor-cleaning robots with frickin’ tasers on their heads. It’s the beginning of the revolution, man.

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meger-news-taser-irobot/409832/3 "2007-06-29T00:55:15Z")

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keith olbermann just had this as his third place worst person in the world thing.

i think it will make an excellent home security system. while you are out, your roomba will hoover your floor and taser any intruders. or while you are sleeping scooba is scrubbing your floors and tasers home invaders.

could be quite the thing.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meger-news-taser-irobot/409832/4 "2007-06-29T16:24:22Z")

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IRobot is based in Massachusetts, where tasers are illegal. Wonder how they’ll do demos to investors.

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meger-news-taser-irobot/409832/5 "2007-06-29T19:19:23Z")

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[QUOTE=rocking chair]  
keith olbermann just had this as his third place worst person in the world thing.

i think it will make an excellent home security system. while you are out, your roomba will hoover your floor and taser any intruders. or while you are sleeping scooba is scrubbing your floors and tasers home invaders.

could be quite the thing.  
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And imagine the stories we’d have from people with cats. There are already several entertaining threads about Roombas and cats. It’d be somewhere between hilarious and tragic, depending on the damage done to the animal.

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meger-news-taser-irobot/409832/6 "2007-06-30T00:31:24Z")

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kinda like r2d2 zapping ewoks and yoda?