Because Quote by Colin Angle

“You're not going to talk to your vacuum cleaning robot: in fact, you may never see your vacuum cleaning robot because, ideally, you come home every day and your floors are freshly vacuumed.” quote by Colin Angle — Download Open image

“You're not going to talk to your vacuum cleaning robot: in fact, you may never see your vacuum cleaning robot because, ideally, you come home every day and your floors are freshly vacuumed.”

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

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

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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…

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

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

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