“Robot” was one of my toddler's first words. He sometimes stops to say "bye bye robot" to the Roomba on the way out the door to daycare. Something about them t

“Robot” was one of my toddler's first words. He sometimes stops to say "bye bye robot" to the Roomba on the way out the door to daycare. Something about them triggers some kind of anthropomophization instinct in us.