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…

— Colin Angle

I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine.

— Colin Angle

I think, people are generally willing to imagine robots of all shapes, as humanoid robots are not practical.

— Colin Angle

The utility of the robot needs to come first. It's business model over technology.

— Colin Angle

I thought boxes were the best toy. When my parents got a new car, I ran to my mother and said, 'Did…

— Colin Angle

The reason it has taken so long for the robotics industry to move forward is because people keep trying to make something…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— Colin Angle

I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me.

— Colin Angle

The ideal vacuum cleaner would be one you never see. It needs to not just be a cool gadget, but a product…

— 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…

— Colin Angle

I was focused on building things from an early age. When I was about 3, our toilet broke, and my mother was…

— Colin Angle

What did everyone think robot vacuuming was going to be? Well, they think Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons,' a human robot…

— Colin Angle

When my daughter was 3, she was eating Cheerios and spilled some on the table. So she swiped them onto the floor.…

— Colin Angle

In the beginning of Roomba, we all took turns answering the support line. Once, a woman called and explained that her robot…

— Colin Angle

When I was building robots in the early 1990s, the problems of voice recognition, image understanding, VOIP, even touchscreen technologies - these…

— Colin Angle

In the original 'Star Wars' movie, there is a small toaster-sized and shaped robot on the Death Star that guides Stormtroopers to…

— Colin Angle

Its going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.

— Colin Angle

We will not have humanoid androids. It's interesting: when you start trying to make robots look more human, you end up making…

— Colin Angle

It's hard not to love Roomba. Roomba had such an amazing impact on the field. When we launched, we asked people, 'Is…

— Colin Angle

The answer is navigation, manipulation, and implementation of more sophisticated intelligence. The idea that a robot will become more aware of its…

— Colin Angle

It's going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.

— Colin Angle

We learned that very few people care how you accomplish something. Instead, these people care more about whether you create value for…

— Colin Angle

One of the big things coming out of healthcare reform is a thing called the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act…

— Colin Angle