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Entrepreneur
April 2003
April Y. Pennington |
Mechanically Inclined These entrepreneurial robophiles take their business where no man has gone before.   |
Fast Company
Robb Todd |
iRobot's New Roomba Is A Cartographer And Has Its Own App (Finally) At first glance, it might seem a little underwhelming to the vacuumers of the world that the latest product from iRobot, the Roomba 980, boasts internal mapping as a key new feature. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2009
Rich Smith |
iRobot Building New Friends? Potential rivals could actually be the roboticist's newest allies. |
Popular Mechanics
January 10, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Robot Paradox: Automated Gizmos Are Ready for Home--Are We? Robotics for your home. |
InternetNews
April 4, 2006
Tim Scannell |
The Next Battlefront For Robots Military robots may be at the front lines, but researchers are now looking at ways to use them to improve medicine and elder lifestyles. |
Wired
September 2000 |
Telefriend Meet iRobot, the smartest webcam on wheels |
Wired
September 2000
Erik Davis |
Congratulations, It's A Bot! It was only a matter of time before toy companies turned from plush interactive hairballs to digikinetic babies. Yours will be arriving shortly. |
BusinessWeek
September 5, 2005
Robert Barker |
A Robot That Could Hit A Wall iRobot, the makers of vacuum-robot Roomba, will soon release Scooba, an all-in-one house cleaning robot. iRobot is also preparing an IPO, though it's hard to determine what the company's true valuation should be. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2008
Rich Smith |
iRobot: All Gas, No Brakes Two significant new announcements from iRobot. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004 |
A Chat With Roomba Man The surprise success of iRobot's Roomba vacuum cleaner marked the arrival of mobile robotic appliances. Yet the company's CEO and co-founder is cautious about the future of more advanced humanoid robots. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2012
Guizzo & Ackerman |
How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker Rodney Brooks's new start-up wants to spark a factory revolution with a low-cost, user-friendly robot |
Home Toys
December 2002
Colin Angle |
Roomba the Robot Sweeps Up According to the manufacturer, the Roomba robot makes it fun and easy to maintain cleaner floors. With the push of a button it automatically sweeps and vacuums just about any room in the house. |
The Motley Fool
May 22, 2008
Rich Smith |
Fool on the Street: It Cleans, It Kills, It's iRobot Listen in as CEO Colin Angle tells you all about iRobot in the company's recent conference call.. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2002
Jill Jusko |
The Robot Evolution MIT's Rodney A. Brooks is among researchers leading the charge to develop a smarter and more useful artificial creature. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2007
Rich Smith |
Fool on the Street: iRobot Is Mutating The news out of iRobot's recent second-quarter earnings report was not entirely good. Thanks to a drawdown (and discounting) in inventories of domestic-servant robots -- Roombas and their ilk -- margins declined significantly. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Attack of the Killer Appliances! iRobot is an up-and-comer in the growth industry of police and military tactical robots. |
PC Magazine
April 18, 2007
Erik Rhey |
Q&A: iRobot Co-Founder Helen Greiner The co-founder and chairman of the board for iRobot talks about the future of helper robots, the PackBot in war zones, and women in technology. |
Salon.com
February 25, 2002
John Glassie |
Flesh, robots and God Are they becoming us or are we becoming them? One of the world's leading roboticists discusses the machines in our future -- their ability to think, feel, reproduce and achieve personhood... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The New Age of Service Robots: From Fighting Fires to Serving Beer R2-D2 and Rosie the robot maid may be coming soon to a home, or nursing home, near you. Thanks to advances in computing and navigation technology, robots -- including sophisticated robot toys and appliances -- are now being developed to serve people directly. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004 |
Ready To Buy A Home Robot? For a glimpse into the future, BusinessWeek checked out some of the most intriguing robotic developments -- things your digital home could grow to love. |
Wired
April 21, 2008
Noah Shachtman |
Who Stole the Plans for iRobot's Battle Bots? Jameel Ahed left iRobot to start his own robotics company. His former employers soon realized that their new competitor had taken confidential company documents with him when he left |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Will iRobot Short-Circuit? The robot maker is set to report its most recent quarterly earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: iRobot Bull Investors, in the end, iRobot is too smart to fail. It's rich in patents, brainpower, and relevance in the consumer and military markets. Even if the numbers don't seem all that impressive, like all great technologies, good things come to those who wait. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
iRobot's Emotional Appeal People's personal attachment to their Roomba vacuums bodes well for iRobot's future prospects. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Brian Bremner |
Service Robots: Rise of the Machines (Again) U.S. companies chase the fast-growing market for service bots |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2008
Anders Bylund |
The Rise of the Robots The maker of military and household helper robots has just raised guidance -- while almost everyone else is cutting theirs. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2007
Steven Cherry |
Robots, Incorporated Microsoft's best and brightest are quietly trying to bring robotics into the mainstream. Good robotics programming is far harder than writing a typical application for personal computers. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2005
Tom Taulli |
iRobot Marches on Wall Street The iRobot IPO will be a big test. Will investors take a flier on a money-losing company? |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Rich Smith |
iRobot Thanks the Tax Man Robot maker iRobot preannounces fourth-quarter earnings, beating all analysts' estimates. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
2 Million Suckers Sold The consumer robotics specialist iRobot hits a big milestone with its vacuum-cleaning automatons. Investors, this is the ideal time to snap up a stake in the company at a relative bargain. |
Fast Company
March 2008
Borden et al. |
The World's Most Innovative Companies We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzled us with their new ideas. |
PC World
November 2005
Daniel Tynan |
Looking for a Few Good Bots: Robots for Work and Play The present and future of automated household machines programmed to do your bidding. |
PC Magazine
May 20, 2009
Lance Ulanoff |
The Future of Robots: Prepare to Be Underwhelmed Still waiting for that ultimate robot companion? Don't hold your breath. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
John Teresko |
A Robot that Can Smile or Frown MIT debuts Nexi, a robot with facial expressions. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
iRobot Pokes Its Head Out of the Gutter A robot to clean gutters could provide a needed boost to iRobot, helping it's stock recover some of the ground it recently gave up when it lost a major battle to supply military robots to the U.S. Army. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
iRobot Advances State of the Art in Military Robotics iRobot engineers are applying mobile robot design and production experience to deliver a robot that is small, inexpensive, intelligent, and robust. |
Salon.com
September 14, 2000
Janelle Brown |
Robots "R" us Why are roboticists building machines in their own image? "Robo Sapiens" introduces a homemade population and the egos behind the bots. |
PC Magazine
October 10, 2007 |
25 Years of PC Magazine: Year Twenty-One 2002 The events of the computer industry in 2002. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2008
Erico Guizzo |
Three Engineers, Hundreds of Robots, One Warehouse Kiva Systems wants to revolutionize distribution centers by setting swarms of robots loose on the inventory |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
iRobot: Bordering on Opportunity? iRobot -- by helping to secure our borders -- could be very well-positioned to receive some healthy government contracts. If so, the company and its investors could be bordering on a real opportunity. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
iRobot Is the Bomb Yes, the company finds itself trading for less than its $24 IPO price, but as long as there are bombs worth disarming and dirty floors worth cleaning, it's really just a matter of time before humans see more merit in iRobot. |
Wired
January 2006
Robert Capps |
The 50 Best Robots Ever They're exploring the deep sea and distant planets. They're saving lives in the operating room and on the battlefield. They're transforming factory floors and filmmaking. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2011
Rich Smith |
iRobot Needs a Recharge No plans to invest in iRobot again until it gets its cash machine back on track. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2009
Rich Smith |
Robots, Worldwide But it's home, where iRobot's robotic heart is. |
Popular Mechanics
May 20, 2008
Erik Sofge |
The Problem With Asimo: Tabloid Humanoid Is Holding Back Bots Forget what Honda's 4-ft. 3-in.-tall humanoid robot Asimo can and cannot do: When will this robot get a job? |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
iRobot Goes to the Dogs The consumer robotics specialist gets down and dirty with its new workshop automaton. The stock's languished trading provides a sharp contrast to the dynamic company that continues to grow sales on the consumer front. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
iRobot Loses a Battle Shares fall following news that a major contract to supply lightweight tactical robots to the U.S. Army was awarded to a rival. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2010
Dave Mock |
3 Reasons to Sell iRobot Today Not everyone is on the buy side. |
PC Magazine
August 22, 2007
Brian Bennett |
iRobot Roomba 560 The latest Roomba takes a while to get the job done, but it boasts a slew of new features and improvements. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2010
Erik Sofge |
The Uncertain Future For Social Robots Humans have feared a robotic uprising since the machines first appeared in science fiction. Today, experts caution against a more insidious threat: We might like living with them too much. |
