KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Colin Angle Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Colin Angle

Showing 11-20 of 41 Quotes by Colin Angle

It's hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, 'Is it a robot?' and got an overwhelming no - 'robots' have arms and legs; they command data. There was a very strong perception that robots had to look like people.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Amazing Arms Asked Command Data Field Got Had Hard Impact Legs Like Look Love Overwhelming People Perception Robot Robots Strong To Love Very

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When I was building robots in the early 1990s, the problems of voice recognition, image understanding, VOIP, even touchscreen technologies - these were robotics problems.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Building Early Early 1990S Even Image Problems Recognition Robotics Robots Technologies Understanding Voice Were 1990S

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The idea that a robot will become more aware of its environment, that telling it to 'go to the kitchen' means something - navigation and understanding of the environment is a robot problem. Those are the technological frontiers of the robotics industry.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Aware Become Environment Frontiers Go Idea Industry Kitchen Means More Navigation Problem Robot Robotics Something Technological Telling Those Understanding Will

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


At MIT, in Professor Rodney Brooks' lab, I was involved in a project, led by Anita Flynn, to build robots using techniques similar to those used in building silicon chips. We got some silicon micro-machined motors to move a bit, but this didn't lead to an actual product.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Actual Bit Brooks Build Building Chips Got Involved Lab Lead Led Mit Motors Move Product Professor Project Robots Silicon Similar Some Techniques Those Used Using

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Believe Day Important Important Role Medicine One Day Play Role Will I Believe

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


In the original 'Star Wars' movie, there is a small toaster-sized and shaped robot on the Death Star that guides Stormtroopers to where they need to go. I always liked that robot because I could imagine how to build it - and it served a real purpose.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Always Because Build Could Death Go Guides How Imagine Liked Movie Need Original Purpose Real Robot Served Shaped Small Star Star Wars Wars Where

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Building robot versions of people is very expensive.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Building Expensive People Robot Versions Very

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Building a robot that has legs and walks around is a very expensive proposition. Mother Nature has created many wonderful things, but one thing we do have that nature doesn't is the wheel, a continuous rotating joint, and tracks, so we need to make use of inventions to make things simpler.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Around Building Continuous Created Expensive Inventions Joint Legs Make Many Mother Mother Nature Nature Need One Thing Proposition Robot Simpler Thing Things Tracks Use Very Walks Wheel Wonderful Wonderful Things

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The ideal vacuum cleaner would be one you never see. It needs to not just be a cool gadget, but a product that cleans your floor correctly. I can imagine people having a cupboard full of robots that only come out when you need them to fulfil a specific purpose.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Cleaner Come Cool Correctly Cupboard Floor Fulfil Full Gadget Having Ideal Imagine Just Just Be Need Needs Never Only Out People Product Purpose Robots See Specific Them Vacuum Would You Your I Can

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Did Google need to make robot cars in order to make Streetview work? Absolutely not. It's the equivalent of saying you need a walking robot in order to push an upright vacuum cleaner. It's gratuitous robotics!

~Colin Angle

Topics: Absolutely Absolutely Not Car Cleaner Did Equivalent Google Gratuitous Make Need Order Push Robot Robotics Saying Upright Vacuum Walking Work You

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

Links

Find Colin Angle on Amazon

Related Authors

Les Brown
Warren Buffett
Stephen Covey
Peter Drucker
Henry Ford
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Jim Rohn

Popular Authors

W. E. B. Du Bois Tim Burton Patrick Henry Thomas Merton Meek Mill Henry Rollins Nina Simone Henny Youngman

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes

1861 - Walter Rauschenbusch

1880 - Damon Runyon

1895 - Buster Keaton

1903 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner

1914 - Brendan Gill

1916 - George Sidney

1918 - Kenichi Fukui

1923 - Charlton Heston

1928 - Alvin Toffler

Birthdays on October 4th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Christmas Design Education Equality Imagination Knowledge Life Success