We're going to have robots in the home, but they're not going to be walking. Legs are complicated, unreliable and costly. Robots are going to look and be designed to meet the function they're supposed to perform. People will still… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
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… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine. — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
I think, people are generally willing to imagine robots of all shapes, as humanoid robots are not practical. — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
The utility of the robot needs to come first. It's business model over technology. — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
I thought boxes were the best toy. When my parents got a new car, I ran to my mother and said, 'Did it come… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
The reason it has taken so long for the robotics industry to move forward is because people keep trying to make something that is… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
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… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
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… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
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… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me. — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
The ideal vacuum cleaner would be one you never see. It needs to not just be a cool gadget, but a product that cleans… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image
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… — Colin Angle Copy Share Image