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| 2/3/2010 | iRobot Names Akamai’s Paul Sagan to Board of Directors
BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 3, 2010 – iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, today announced the addition of Paul Sagan, chief executive officer of Akamai Technologies, Inc., to its board of directors. more |
| 1/28/2010 | iRobot Schedules Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Earnings Call
BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 28, 2010 – iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) announced today it will issue its fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 financial results after market close on Feb. 17, 2010. more |
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| 2/3/2010 | Alliance of Top Industry, Academic and Non-Profit Organizations Team Up to Launch National Robotics Week
"The first annual National Robotics Week will be held from April 10-18, recognizing robotics technology as a pillar of 21st century American innovation, highlighting its growing importance in a wide variety of application areas..." - BusinessWire |
| 1/4/2010 | In America's Next Decade, Change and Challenges
"A robotic vacuum cleaner (such as iRobot's Roomba, a basic model of which costs as little as $130 ) will "talk" to other single-purpose robots in the house." - USA Today |
| 12/18/2009 | The Secret Life of Scientists
Colin Angle shares his hobbies and goal of creating robots that make a practical difference in the world. - PBS NOVA |
| 12/7/2009 | iRobot Launches Educational Program
"iRobot Corp. today announced that it has launched a new education initiative called SPARK (for "Starter Programs for the Advancement of Robotics Knowledge")." - The Boston Globe |
| 11/27/2009 | Deadly Viper Killed by iRobot Roomba
"There are worse things to worry about in the Middle East than a robotic vacuum cleaner, but to the viper who thought it'd be a cozy place to sleep, it proved to be the end of his violent, snakey existence." - GIZMODO |
| 11/25/2009 | 10 More Geeky Things To Be Thankful For
"While it’s no Rosie, remember to occasionally look down at that Roomba and say “Thanks for the clean floor little buddy”. You might not know it, but it understands." - WIRED |
| 11/16/2009 | Inside iRobot: A Search for Medical Droids
"The company’s ambitious plan is to develop a robot to help seniors live independently in their homes—something that no other company has accomplished. To learn more, I headed over to the firm’s headquarters last week." - Xconomy |
| 11/12/2009 | Underwater Glider Hunts, Records Cryptic Whales
"The mysterious beaked whale is the target of a new undersea glider trying to track the deep-diving mammals by their high-frequency clicks and squeals." - WIRED |
| 11/10/2009 | Roomba Pac-Man: Classic Game Gets a Robot Twist
"Students at Colorado University have reprogrammed five Roomba vacuum-cleaning robots to recreate the classic 1980s arcade game Pac-Man." - CNET (blog) |
| 11/2/2009 | Robot Repair Shop Helps Keep Troops Safe
"A few Soldiers, Marines and civilians work with equipment right out of the pages of yesterday's science fiction when they keep a fleet of robots in the fight at the Joint Robotics Repair Detachment, or JRRD, located at Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, Iraq." - www.army.mil |