--- title: "1 Terrible Idea Quotes By Colin Angle" description: "1 Terrible Idea quotes by Colin Angle. Plus more from Colin Angle and more Terrible Idea sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/colin-angle-13656_copies_hollywood-likes-to-imagine-robots-as-mec_3026069.jpg" --- > [Hollywood likes to imagine robots as mechanical copies of ourselves - which is a terrible idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/hollywood-likes-to-imagine-robots-as-mechanical-copies-of-ourselves/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/colin-angle-13656_copies_hollywood-likes-to-imagine-robots-as-mec_3026069.jpg) ## More by Colin Angle > [When we built Roomba, we explicitly designed it to not have a face. We didn't want to think it was cute; we wanted people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/when-we-built-roomba-we-explicitly-designed-it-to-not-have-a-face-we/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/i-believe-one-day-nano-robots-will-play-an-important-role-in-medicine/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [I think, people are generally willing to imagine robots of all shapes, as humanoid robots are not practical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/i-think-people-are-generally-willing-to-imagine-robots-of-all-shapes/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [The utility of the robot needs to come first. It's business model over technology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/the-utility-of-the-robot-needs-to-come-first-it-s-business-model-over/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [I thought boxes were the best toy. When my parents got a new car, I ran to my mother and said, 'Did it come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/i-thought-boxes-were-the-best-toy-when-my-parents-got-a-new-car-i-ran/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [The reason it has taken so long for the robotics industry to move forward is because people keep trying to make something that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/the-reason-it-has-taken-so-long-for-the-robotics-industry-to-move/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [My Roomba's name is Roswell. There is the moment when you are sitting on the couch and Roomba turns itself on and goes out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/my-roomba-s-name-is-roswell-there-is-the-moment-when-you-are-sitting/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [The way that the robotics market is going to grow, at least in the home, is that we'll have a number of different special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/the-way-that-the-robotics-market-is-going-to-grow-at-least-in-the/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [Around the late 1990s, I'd become convinced that one of the killer applications of robotics came from connecting robots to the Internet. The idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/around-the-late-1990s-i-d-become-convinced-that-one-of-the-killer/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/i-grew-up-mostly-in-schenectady-n-y-from-an-early-age-building-and/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [The ideal vacuum cleaner would be one you never see. It needs to not just be a cool gadget, but a product that cleans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/the-ideal-vacuum-cleaner-would-be-one-you-never-see-it-needs-to-not/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/if-you-ask-the-typical-two-or-three-year-old-or-a-teenager-what-a/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [I was focused on building things from an early age. When I was about 3, our toilet broke, and my mother was ready to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/i-was-focused-on-building-things-from-an-early-age-when-i-was-about-3/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [What did everyone think robot vacuuming was going to be? Well, they think Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons,' a human robot that pushed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/what-did-everyone-think-robot-vacuuming-was-going-to-be-well-they/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) > [When my daughter was 3, she was eating Cheerios and spilled some on the table. So she swiped them onto the floor. I said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/when-my-daughter-was-3-she-was-eating-cheerios-and-spilled-some-on/) [Colin Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-angle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/terrible-idea/colin-angle/#itemlist", "name": "1 Terrible Idea Quotes By Colin Angle", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hollywood likes to imagine robots as mechanical copies of ourselves - which is a terrible idea.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Colin Angle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-angle/hollywood-likes-to-imagine-robots-as-mechanical-copies-of-ourselves/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/colin-angle-13656_copies_hollywood-likes-to-imagine-robots-as-mec_3026069.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/colin-angle-13656_copies_hollywood-likes-to-imagine-robots-as-mec_3026069.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/colin-angle-13656_copies_hollywood-likes-to-imagine-robots-as-mec_3026069.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hollywood likes to imagine robots as mechanical copies of ourselves - which is a terrible idea.” — Colin Angle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/terrible-idea/colin-angle/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/terrible-idea/colin-angle/", "name": "Terrible Idea Quotes by Colin Angle", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/terrible-idea/colin-angle/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/colin-angle-13656_copies_hollywood-likes-to-imagine-robots-as-mec_3026069.jpg" }, "description": "1 Terrible Idea quotes by Colin Angle. 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