# The Prisoner's Rover security sphere guards are (almost) here!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 22, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoners-rover-security-sphere-guards-are-almost-here/365613 "2006-07-22T18:01:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoners-rover-security-sphere-guards-are-almost-here/365613/1 "2006-07-22T18:01:03Z")

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Via FARK, there was a note on the top ten videos of robots by New Scientist: [http://www.newscientist.com/popuparticle.ns?id=in124#faq3](http://www.newscientist.com/popuparticle.ns?id=in124#faq3)

At number 4, we have the spherical security guard:

> **[New Scientist | Science news, articles, and features](https://www.newscientist.com/)**
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> Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

[http://www.rotundus.se/press.php?lang=en](http://www.rotundus.se/press.php?lang=en)  
Looks familiar:

[http://www.sadgeezer.com/html/Reviews+index-req-showcontent-id-501.html](http://www.sadgeezer.com/html/Reviews+index-req-showcontent-id-501.html)  
There is no escape, we are all prisoners; time to find who is number 1… 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoners-rover-security-sphere-guards-are-almost-here/365613/2 "2006-07-22T18:06:40Z")

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I am not a number! I am a free man!

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoners-rover-security-sphere-guards-are-almost-here/365613/3 "2006-07-22T18:15:52Z")

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> [@Kythereia](#):
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> I am not a number! I am a free man!

_ **Number 2** _: BWA HA HA HA HA!!!

(drops dead)

**Number 2** is scooped by Roomba and Scooba, the actual “number 2” robots in the list. 🙂

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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoners-rover-security-sphere-guards-are-almost-here/365613/4 "2006-07-22T18:16:24Z")

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> [@Kythereia](#):
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> I am not a number! I am a free man!

BWAHaHaHaHaHa!

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoners-rover-security-sphere-guards-are-almost-here/365613/5 "2006-07-22T18:20:32Z")

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> [@OttoDaFe](#):
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> BWAHaHaHaHaHa!

And just like in the show, a new **number 2** appears right away. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prisoners-rover-security-sphere-guards-are-almost-here/365613/6 "2006-07-22T18:27:37Z")

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“Why did you think a big balloon would stop him?”

“Shut up! That’s why!”

/Simpsons