I Am. When?

The voting is in, the chads have been incinerated, and Florida has been disqualified; but we have a winner in the form of a hovercraft robot. I have been doing some research on aerodynamics in general, as well as specifics on hovercraft and duct fans; and I think I have a pretty good idea for the basic engine platform. Being the geekiarch that I am, I will be going with a sci-fi twist on the design for the platform and have already ordered some of the parts and supplies that I will need.

It would figure that the one part I could acquire right away would lead me straight into the Maxim Maxim; I knew it was too easy. Damn polypropylene plastics. Who would have guessed that it is nearly impossible to glue? So now I am on a hunt to the distant reaches of the universe, crossing galaxies only observed by John Crichton in Farscape, to find an available polypropylene glue. Good times.

While we all wait for me to find a suitable bonding agent, parts to arrive and the base platform to be built, I am in need of further guidance. We know how the robot will move around, but we don't know what it is supposed to be doing. So I am looking for comments and feedback on the primary purposes of our new hover robot. Basically, we just need a job function for the hoverbot. I started a thread over at the Society of Robots on the topic, so you can post replies there or comments here to give me ideas.

If we get a few good ideas I will open another round of voting to determine one or two main goals for the robot. Until then, I am off to find a worm hole that will lead me to some glue.