Photos: iRobot phones home, cleans gutters

The ConnectR has a tabletop mode that enables it to travel more slowly so it doesn't fall off the table.

Notice the drawn "Dad" picture in the background? If, as Colin Angle says, robots like these represent iRobot's vision for the home of the future, why do the press shots only show absent working fathers?

Photo by iRobot

Caption by Candace Lombardi