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The Motley Fool
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iRobot Building New Friends? Potential rivals could actually be the roboticist's newest allies.   |
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. |
Inc.
July 1, 2003
Leigh Buchanan |
Death to Cool For years, iRobot designed stuff cool enough for the Sci-Fi Channel, but its new product sells on the Home Shopping Network. Here's how a boutique high-tech firm broke out by reinventing itself as an appliance company. |
| 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. |
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. |
Entrepreneur
April 2003
April Y. Pennington |
Mechanically Inclined These entrepreneurial robophiles take their business where no man has gone before. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Build Your Own Robot iRobot's adoption of the open-source movement is a smart, strategic move. To the extent that hackers are successful, it will be good news for both iRobot and its investors, because it will mean that the firm's bots will become the base platform for new capabilities. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2010
Erico Guizzo |
When My Avatar Went to Work A robot surrogate or telepresence robot took my place at the office. Here's why one may take yours, too |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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 |
Fast Company
April 1, 2011
Rachel Z. Arndt |
Chris Jones on Robot Interaction Chris Jones, a research program manager at iRobot, studies how to make robots interact naturally in human environments. |
The Motley Fool
July 24, 2008
Rich Smith |
Show Me the Money, iRobot All sales and no cash makes iRobot a dull stock. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2011
Rich Smith |
iRobot Blows a Gasket It looks like iRobot shareholders have vacuumed up all the profits they're likely to get for a while. |
Popular Mechanics
January 10, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Robot Paradox: Automated Gizmos Are Ready for Home--Are We? Robotics for your home. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Honey, I Shrunk the Military Robots The consumer robotics specialist gets small with its latest creation. iRobot machines can get soldiers out of combative jams and consumers out of filthy homes, so it may be just a matter of time before shareholders catch a break, too. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Galaasen & Hengl |
Robotic Technology Has Arrived With the increased use of microchips in equipment such as appliances, heating and cooling systems, entertainment systems, fire and burglar alarms and the general trend towards home automation, advanced personal robotics naturally follows. |
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. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
David Schneider |
A DIY Telepresence Robot Electric-window motors, a tripod, and a Skype-equipped netbook provide the makings of a robotic surrogate |
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
August 9, 2010
Dave Mock |
3 Reasons to Sell iRobot Today Not everyone is on the buy side. |
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. |
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
February 18, 2010
Rich Smith |
iRobot Sweeps the Street $0.20 in Q4 earnings crush Street estimates by a margin of 25%. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Best Small Cap: iRobot In the spirit of the Winter Olympics, here are stock challenges from the publication's writers: iRobot is eking out a marginal profit at present, but that will likely change in the coming years. Investors, take note. |
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. |
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
January 17, 2008
Rich Smith |
IRBT SUGV -- ASAP! The Pentagon has asked iRobot to get 25 SUGVs ready for testing by April. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
Erico Guizzo |
$280 Million Robot Dustup Roomba maker accuses military contract winner of stealing trade secrets. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Don't Get Burned Trading After Hours No, seriously. Don't. It's dangerous to dabble in after-hours trading. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
iRobot Pleases Humans The consumer robotics specialist hits the button to make mere mortals nod in approval. Investors seem to be waiting for profitability to expand the way it's supposed to next year. |
Technology Research News
February 23, 2005
Kimberly Patch |
Humanoid robots walk naturally There's a reason most movie robots have wheels in place of legs or are powered by an embedded human. Making machines walk on two legs is exceedingly difficult. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2011
David Schneider |
Robot Gift Ideas These robotics kits can liven up the holidays -- and give a kid a taste of robotics engineering |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2011
Navneet Bajaj |
Why I'm Putting iRobot on My Watchlist This stock deserves a look. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2008
Erik Sofge |
America's Robot Army: Are Unmanned Fighters Ready for Combat? The MULE (Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment) is one of many robots being developed for combat. |
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
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, 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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2010
Rich Smith |
Time to Buy iRobot? Analysts at Morgan Keegan don't think so, but what do they know? iRobot's dominance in home and military robots is as obvious as its undervaluation is hidden. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2005 |
Army unmanned ground systems go where humans cannot Retired Navy Vice Adm. Joe Dyer, executive vice president and general manager of iRobot's Government & Industrial Robots division, answers questions about the recently released -- the PackBot Explorer. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2010
Rich Smith |
Zombie Robots Swim the Seas iRobot: It's more than just cute, buzzing vacuum cleaners. |
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. |
Wired
May 2002
Michael Behar |
The New Mobile Infantry Battle-ready robots are rolling out of the research lab and into harm's way... |
