67599 external_news 1308310532 1653584976 Some homeowners assign names and genders to their Roombas. Others dress them in school colors, or refer to them as my baby. A survey of nearly 400 Roomba owners conducted late last year by SIC Associate Professor Beki Grinter and grad student Ja-Young Sung shows the human-robot connection takes myriad forms.

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