lol, yup!, plus it made it easier to maneuver through plush carpet, that was still popular in the 80s!...lol

Thanks RR333(Rob) for the new Robot link(and I thought I had them ALL . Your Ruben (your making me hungry..reuben, rye with thinly sliced corned beef,djon mustard,saurekraut topped with pickle...I digest..er digress) looks amazingly appetizing ..I mean Amazing! Perhaps you can post a few recent pics on this forum! I believe the rug type was called "shag" dang now I am revealing my age...Also why does the acronym have Rural and Utility (enquiring minds)

Mmmmmm. Rubens!, I know what ya Mean, Irobot58!:) Here's R.U.B.E.N's Detached Head i just found in a box....lol His Body has to be elsewhere, around here.....I'll find it and "We can Rebuild Him!" :)lol

awwww look at that face! wondering why he was in a box for so long.... I know you could revive him, or at least I believe people on the forum would love to adopt him!

R.U.B.E.N. stands for "RURAL UTILITY BOTIC EXPERIMENTAL NAVIGATOR"..... Kind of like N.I.G.E.L. from the old Saturday morning Godzilla Cartoons, the Robot that got trashed every Episode, way before Kenny from South Park.....lol "Utility" was because I wanted to Have R.U.B.E.N. have more Sensors to track stuff/people and carry supply's/tools, like a small Mule) and "Rural", because he had a strong Base that could drive in wooded areas, like the back woods, I live in now.

And sometimes, ya just want a cleaver Name for a Bot, and make stuff up!:)lol