The little Roomba was one of the first automatic robots. It is a simple vacuum cleaner that is able to get around the house without bumping into things. But imagine if you left the door open and the Roomba rolled outside. still vacuuming It eventually rolled into the street and stopped traffic. Imagine if your Roomba wanted freedom. That happened to engineers in Russia. They returned to their lab to find their smart robot missing and, yes, stuck in traffic down the road. Bad Robot, Bad Robot The robot was called the Promobot IR77. It was being tested and was allowed to move freely around a room for an hour. It was then supposed to return to an assigned spot. But early in the test, the robot slipped through an open door. It was quickly caught and returned to the room. Its first escape was defeated.