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  Back in 1979, there was Newton... the land drone and faithful companion!  Invented by Steve Hodges, a serial entrepeneur here in Boise, Idaho (where I live).  Steve just recently sold M2M, an irriga

Posted by Lew Payne on January 27, 2011 at 8:06am

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Back in 1979, there was Newton... the land drone and faithful companion!  Invented by Steve Hodges, a serial entrepeneur here in Boise, Idaho (where I live).  Steve just recently sold M2M, an irrigation communications company for $33.3 Mil.

 

Now all we need to do is get him interested in flying robots!

 

Check out the youtube video of Newton from 1979... it's super cheesy yet admittedly ahead of its time!

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    Jason Short January 27, 2011 at 6:59pm
    Perhaps a potential Sparkfun Autonomous race entry...
  • Lew Payne January 27, 2011 at 3:36pm
    Papero cannot climb stairs, fetch the morning paper, prepare meals (operate a kitchen), or diagnose illnesses.  Neither can Newton, of course... but when you first started reading this comment, I bet you were thinking I was going to claim it could!  Man, I'm in a jovial mood today!
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