'Minesweeping' Robot Keeps Carpets Clean
News The Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner has a new mission: to seek and destroy. On the other end of the spectrum, the Roomba cleans up the living room and, in all likelihood, could not be used by a mad scientist to take over the Earth.
[July 13, 2004, 8:45]
My Friend, The Robot
News Future robots might not look like C-3PO of "Star Wars" fame or Rosie on "The Jetsons", but they are becoming more personal than even their creators might have realised.iRobot chief executive Colin Angle often fields questions about the Roomba...
[May 26, 2006, 12:40]
Microsoft Launches Free Robotics Software
News Compatible with several different pieces of hardware, such as iRobot's Roomba or Lego Mindstorms NXT "tribot", the software lets enterprising gadget enthusiasts command a device to communicate, send alerts or perform scheduled tasks.
[December 13, 2006, 8:10]
Photos: Humanoid Robots Come To Life At MIT
News In addition to his role at MIT, Brooks is the co-founder and chief technology officer of iRobot and invented the proprietary technology that goes into the Roomba vacuuming robot and Scooba floor-scrubbing robot.
[May 16, 2007, 11:33]
Aibo Gets Wheels
News IRobot, a privately held company, recently unveiled Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner. Go, Aibo, go! Sony's Entertainment Robot America division has released a four-wheel "Speed Board" scooter for its Aibo robots that will allow them to skate around...
[October 16, 2002, 14:54]
