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Northshore October 2025
Cryptic acronyms and tally marks graffiti a battered, tank-like robot in the lobby of iRobot’s corporate headquarters in Bedford. Scrawled hastily on a metal box is the name "Scooby Doo," the nickname soldiers in Iraq gave the robot when it was deployed with them during the war. The tallies mark the 17 improvised explosive devices, a car bomb, and an unexploded bomb that the little PackBot diffused during its wartime service. When the robot was finally destroyed, the soldiers picked it up "like a fallen comrade," says iRobot CEO Colin Angle. Meanwhile, Roombas and Scoobas are zooming around millions of homes, vacuuming rugs and scru
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