iRobot

iRobot is an American robotics company founded in 1990 by three MIT roboticists that designs and builds consumer robots. The company pioneered the domestic robot market with the Roomba autonomous vacuum, shipping over one million units globally.

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EP 826

iRobot: Colin Angle. How The Roomba Became a Household Icon

Colin Angle

iRobot

iRobot CEO Colin Angle tells Guy Raz how a failed military robot project accidentally birthed the Roomba—a quirky cleaning bot that became a cultural icon. From near-abandonment to 30 million homes worldwide, the story reveals how listening to customers turned a clunky prototype into a household name. Colin shares the hard lessons of scaling a robotics company, why Roomba succeeded where others failed, and why the dream of full home automation remains just out of reach.

Apr 13, 202663 min

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Colin Angle

Colin Angle co-founded iRobot in 1990 and served as CEO, growing the company from an MIT startup into the world's leading consumer robotics firm. Under his leadership, iRobot sold over 50 million robots and brought robotics into homes worldwide with the Roomba.

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