<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">This concept was part of iRobot’s plans. I saw a few prototypes while worked there <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Peter</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 13, 2026, at 8:35 PM, John Rudy via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Thought not totally surprising<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/elliq-ai-robot-senior-companion.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/elliq-ai-robot-senior-companion.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Wonder if they are a public company<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">John Rudy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">781-861-0402<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">781-718-8334 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">13 Hawthorne Lane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Bedford MA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><div><image001.png></div></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>===============================================</span><br><span>::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::</span><br><span>Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.</span><br><span>Send to the list: LCTG@lists.toku.us Message archives: http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</span><br><span>To subscribe: email lctg-subscribe@toku.us To unsubscribe: email lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</span><br><span>Future and Past meeting information: http://LCTG.toku.us</span><br><span>List information: http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</span><br><span>This message was sent to palbin24@yahoo.com.</span><br><span>Set your list options: http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/palbin24@yahoo.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>