Meeting Joe Jones from Franklyn Robotics was like bumping into the Michael Jordan of robots.  Joe created the Roomba.  To get there required a lot of trial and error but in reality a lot of focus on what kind of robot people really wanted.  Things were changing so quickly in the 1980's.  The problem wasn't coming up with a robot but rather trying to get creators to invent something the average person could physically use.  Joe came up with that idea mainly because he didn't cleaning the house.  He participated in a monthly robot contest by building Lego like creation that would move about barely picking things up.  The thought never disappeared.  Joe talks about how the Roomba truly took it's shape and size and when it was first introduced to the public.  During a very important time in U.S. Military history.