My Scholarship Idea.
My immediate thought for a use for the I-Robot was sticking with it's original intent of a "floor" tool. So it was to add a sander to it for finishing floors or even a buffer.
As my idea percolated I thought with it programmable you could have it sand plywood sheets, tabletops, counters.... Then why not add a routing device instead and make a crude CNC/engraver. So that would be my project. Don't know if it could be done, or if I'm the one to do it, but I'd sure give it the old college try...