A robot visited a Cincinnati department store in 1977, attempting to sell coats and make friends. He wasn’t always a success. The robot was named Sam Struggle Gear. He told the reporter there ...

Nearly two decades before the Roomba, a domestic robot named RB debuted in 1983.Designed to assist with household tasks, RB could vacuum, answer the phone and even grab drinks from the fridge.

One feels *** little foolish about talking to *** robot. But when I finally got Sam's struggle gear as he is called to settle down. I learned that he was in town for just today selling coats for ...