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iRobot IPO vs. WowWee's Pseudo IPO

iRobot has robots to clean your pools, to clean your gutters, to vacuum your house, to mop your floor, to sweep your shop, to keep an eye on your kid, to defuse bombs, for military recon, and for public safety professional recon.

These are useful, cost effective utility-bots. They do dull, dirt, dangerous things, chores that people would rather avoid, for a pretty low price. WowWee has a small line up of expensive toys. Besides, have you seen the Rovio? It's freaking scary.

With immigrant labor harder to find and upper middle class households no longer able to afford housekeepers, and the growing strain on the military and increased need for surveillance, there will be a lot of demand for these products that iRobot develops.

The author disclosed he is long OPMR. Is he also one of the many people short IRBT? The article seems extremely biased. Kick-back biased.