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Starting out, iRobot was not an economic rocket ship. It took six and a half years before we had enough money in the bank at the beginning of each month to make payroll. We always made it - we paid salaries at the end of the month, and I always had four weeks to figure things out.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Always Bank Before Beginning Each Economic End Enough Enough Money Figure Four Had Had Enough Half Half Years Made Make Money Month Out Paid Payroll Rocket Salaries Ship Six Starting Things Took Weeks Years

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If you ask the typical two- or three-year-old or a teenager what a robot is, they will think about a humanoid that does my homework for me or walks the dog. When I go and talk to kids and pull out the Roomba, it's not this big 'Wow!' moment.

~Colin Angle

Topics: About Ask Big Does Dog Go Homework Kids Me Moment Out Pull Robot Talk Teenager Think Two Typical Walks Will Wow You

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There are so many opportunities to make a bad decision in building a robot company on top of all the normal ways that entrepreneurs screw up that it is incredibly difficult to truly create value because it is so cost-sensitive.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Bad Because Building Company Create Decision Difficult Entrepreneurs Incredibly Make Many Normal Opportunities Robot Screw So Many Opportunities Top Truly Up Value Ways

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In the end, robots do things that people can do. So there is a cost above which you can hire somebody to do it, and that bounds the opportunity.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Above Bounds Cost End Hire In The End Opportunity People Robots Somebody Things Which You

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If you want to make a serious, rugged, reliable robot, you can start with the Create platform and just build stuff on top of it.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Build Create Just Make Platform Reliable Robot Rugged Serious Start Stuff Top Want You

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In the smart home of the future, there should be a robot designed to talk to you. With enough display technology, connectivity, and voice recognition, this human-interface robot or head-of-household robot will serve as a portal to the digital domain. It becomes your interface to your robot-enabled home.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Becomes Designed Digital Display Domain Enough Future Home Interface Recognition Robot Serve Should Smart Talk Technology Voice Will You Your

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I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Age Building Creating Early Early Age Grew Me Mostly Passion Real Real Passion Things Up

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The name iRobot comes from 'Internet-connected robot.'

~Colin Angle

Topics: Name Robot

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Hollywood likes to imagine robots as mechanical copies of ourselves - which is a terrible idea.

~Colin Angle

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What did everyone think robot vacuuming was going to be? Well, they think Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons,' a human robot that pushed a vacuum. That was never going to happen.

~Colin Angle

Topics: Did Everyone Going Happen Human Never Pushed Robot Think Vacuum Well

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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