Munroe Robotics

Questionable content meets spurious correlations

Is Landon a relative of Randall?

TV4Fun

How can you NOT build a particle cannon?

Chris Heg

But that's pretty dark, this is a pretty positive world.

Nicholas A Wagner

Oh, hang on. "Groot" means "big" or "great" in Dutch. "Femto" is an SI prefix for tiny things. So "I'm Femto" is literally the opposite of "I am Groot". I feel super-trolled :)

Stephen Wells

And by nudge, I would mean, "Grab by the nose and jerk around to face the correct direction."

Am Queue

That...makes a lot of sense. I wouldn't be surprised if they were using it for lubricant as well, given how crappilly it would perform. 'cos hey, why buy two different types of oil?

Chris Crowther

Excuse my, child is also named Femto

Ami

Hi Femto

KingAtticus

I think Landon should talk to Station.

Hugh Eckert

That makes sense.

Hugh Eckert

Also don't forget, the state bills ex cons and if they don't pay back in they go. A release can find themselves owing the state thousands of dollars and unable to get a job, and /or find someplace to live. No one wants to help an ex con, everyone wants to be 'tough on crime'

Nicholas A Wagner

I wonder if that's Jeph's shorthand for the meeting taking place virtually?

Jim Feldman

Why is everything blue? Where are they having there meeting?

Scotty

you. i dont like you.

The particle cannon is based on the work of the noted Cambridge physicist, Dr. Parsons...

Captain Button

I had been assuming the former, like the SI prefix. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femto-)

James A. Whitney

Femto's original names were Nina and Alexander.

Summer Sudbrink

We've graduated from the stock torso laser beam

darklion

No, I’m Femto, and so is my wife!

Foal Papers

Kappa-bot. I wonder how Femto feels about cucumbers?

Clifton Royston

I suspect the connection between AI incarceration rates and linseed oil futures is that some part of the low-end chassis used for released AI convicts is made from really crappy linoleum. Probably the dermal covering...it'd explain what happened to May's face.

Yay.

Ass + sit + ants: people who accidentally sit their asses on ants.

Matthew Reiter

I think Celia's job is to gently nudge her boss to keep him on track.

Nicholas A Wagner

I was thinking much along those lines myself...

Hugh Eckert

Ok. Who do we ship with Femto?

Joseph Bonnar

I'm honestly getting a bit of Elon Musky vibes from that one. Not Femto

Bagge

Is that pronounced "Femme-toe" or "Femme-too" or some other way?

MiaKitty

That hadn't occurred to me, but now that you say it, she reminds me strongly of Shou Tucker's body in the first Fullmetal Alchemist anime.

Alex H.

Is Femto the product of a bad alchemy experiment?

Mari San

Yay can't hack into something they are already logged into

Nicholas A Wagner

I think I'm gonna like Femto

Ben French

A particle cannon is it's own reward.

John Fiala

I find Femto’s ideas intriguing and wish to subscribe to her newsletter.

Populuxe

How can we learn more about Femto

ViennaStar

"assitants"?

Gary Sumners

I’ll bet anything the next comic has an explicit XKCD reference/joke.

Emmy P.

How about a femtomole? Cute little things, beady eyes, pointy noses.

Tudza

He's gotta come up with a business use case for the particle cannon or the taxes are gonna get weird.

Ardent Slacker

I have. Many questions

Dylan T

And every pokemon?

Ardent Slacker

Hi Femto

Dolan

The subtle nod to the connection between the prison industrial complex and big business in the third panel is just :muh:

I would bet money he's a stand-in for one Randall Munroe, actually. The names even rhyme. And Randall almost never draws backgrounds.

Carl Fink

Is Femto part Phorusrhacid?

Auros Harman

Munrobotics

shes femto

Tamara Macadam

Femto sacrificed an entire company division to demonic gods to get that body.

Michael Lazare

Pretty sure her name is Cecilia. Probably to normal to be either Melon or Lemon.

Miyaa

I am Groot.

An excuse for a particle cannon? Blasphemy! Back in my day when we wanted a particle cannon, we built one and found a use for it later! Also, something's different but I can't pinpoint it. I wanna say new shading style, but that might just be because the God lighting. Looks good, whatever it is XD

Kinda Squirrely

I love May and all, but I wouldn't feel comfortable putting her anywhere NEAR a particle cannon.

William Cole

A prototype EVA unit without the armour?

Simon Green

I love you, Femto.

Jackie Horn

Femto visits a daily support group whose other members are Groot, Hodor, and Timmy from South Park.

Brian Leahy

LOL

Shawn K. Younkin

Yay hacks into the virtual environment. No one can see them but Roko and Femto. Hilarity ensues.

Matt Grayson

HI FEMTO

Sleepy John

The obvious solution to everyone's problems is to employ AI ex-convicts to build Munroe's particle cannon. I see no drawbacks to this idea.

Dean Reilly

Roko did speak of a "call" in the previous strip, is this a VR/cyberspace call? Or were you just tired of drawing backgrounds? ;P

Nulgar

Is Femto an ironic name like Tiny? Or is that one quadrillionth of her true size?

Eric Sieck

I'm surprised the assistant isn't called Elon...

MikeT

Femto? It took me a second. 😏

Bill O'Connor

Damn. I’m too late.

Matt Grayson

almost certainly

FunkyTuba

I like these people.

Andrea Andrew

Femto is a dog AI.

Smazzie

Is that ANOTHER sister of Melon and Lemon?? She can be Lime!!!

Shawn K. Younkin

I wonder why Femto chose that particular body. It looks like it was designed for digging, but that doesn’t seem like a terribly practical concept compared to existing mining/digging machinery. I has a great multitude of questions.

Ian Wolfe

great, now we need 7 seasons of buildup to the explanation for the name!!

Joe

As long as she didn't sacrifice anyone to obtain godhood... she can't be THAT bad...

Shawn K. Younkin

I can imagine when Landon gets older, he'll meet someone named Alice...

BobC

Having lived in Silicon Valley for far too long now, I can confirm that this is normal behavior for at least 60% of all tech CEOs. You don't want to know what the other 40% are like.

Yonatan Zunger

Are they meeting in some virtual space? Theres no background but one of the is human. 🤔

Bryan Stopp

Dude... let's just give people living in 2020 a break... Okay? Just, like; wait until next year...

Shawn K. Younkin

Is Landon related to Randall? I could imagine Randall wanting to make a giant particle cannon too.

LifeSizeTeddyBear

Ugh, I know the feeling. Seems like there's NEVER a good reason to build a giant particle cannon these days...

Simon Green

He missed a chance to call his company Munroe-botics. Also is he perhaps a reference to Randall Munroe of xkcd fame?

fluffy

HODOR LIKE FEMTO.

Leaflemming

I'm getting the distinct impression that Munroe is a stand-in for any number of tech entrepreneurs. Although John has nothing to fearsome him. And Femto seems nice. Although they look like someone used a CRISPR kit without reading the instructions all the way through.

Michael Boettger

Thank you for confirming Femto’s pronouns. 👍🏽

VGreenGoblinV

look out, this guy's gonna disrupt the prison industry

Seth Aaron Hershman has they she pronouns

Is Landon Munroe an AI choosing to look like a human, or is he in some kind of SAO mental/VR rig for their important meeting in THE CLOUD?

I love Femto.

Nicholas Lopez

Atto way to go, Femto. Yotto, yotto, yotto...

BobC

Munrobotics

WE’RE Femto

Eric Sieck

I NEES FEMTO LORE

orangejuicenut

Groot will be able to talk to Femto no problem

Ting

So, AI Groot?

Benzy

Hi, Femto

David Jackson

I like Femto.

Bailey Tighe

TALL FRIEND

Antoine Leblanc