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> Thing is, if you slash research

And if you dump your defence contracts you may have trouble paying for research.

I'd be interested in learning about how the US military uses Roombas (assuming it's not classified)

In the article it's mentioned. They have built robotic stuff to clear rubble for example.

Those vacuums are stronger than people realize.

Sucking taxpayer money into a black hole, of course.