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| 8/5/2010 | iRobot Receives $20.3 Million Order from NAVSEA
BEDFORD, Mass., August 5, 2010 – iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in developing robotic technology-based solutions, today announced that it has received a $20.3 million order from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). more |
| 8/4/2010 | iRobot CFO to Speak at Morgan Keegan Security, Safety & Defense Conference
BEDFORD, Mass., August 4, 2010 – iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, today announced that John Leahy, iRobot’s executive vice president and chief financial officer... more |
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| 7/27/2010 | Boeing-iRobot Team Receives New SUGV Task Order from US Army
"HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 27, 2010 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and partner iRobot Corp. [NASDAQ: IRBT] today announced that they have received a new task order to an existing contract to provide Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV) to the U.S. Army. The order calls for 94 new model 310 SUGV robots, plus spares, for a total value of $14.6 million." - Boeing Press Release |
| 7/25/2010 | Robots: The Future is Now
As part of a CBS News Sunday Morning feature about robotics, Colin Angle is interviewed about how robots are playing a role in the home and in the military. - CBS News Sunday Morning (video) |
| 7/25/2010 | Our Future is Already in the Hands of Robots
"One of the Ten Commandments instructs us to observe one day of rest per week . . . a day of rest for HUMANS, that is. There's no commandment we know of that says a day of rest has to be observed by ROBOTS." - CBS News Sunday Morning |
| 7/20/2010 | The Loneliest Humanoid in America
"Today’s humanoids, meanwhile, serve almost no practical function. “They represent incredible research and technology that’s then backed into an application” says Colin Angle...Roboticists working on humanoids, he says, “are doing amazing, exciting work, but it’s just not going to drive the robot industry—unless it’s for entertainment purposes.” - Popular Science |
| 7/15/2010 | At iRobot, Moving Way Beyond the Roomba
"I've come here to visit the headquarters of iRobot, the company probably best known for its famous Roomba vacuum cleaners. But while it has sold more than 5 million of those cute household devices, it has also developed a reputation as one of the world's leaders in designing battlefield-ready robots..." - CNET |
| 7/9/2010 | Hate Mopping the Floors? 'There's a Robot for That'
"Ever wonder why we are still vacuuming our carpets and mopping our floors? It’s the 21st century!" - FOXBusiness.com |
| 6/23/2010 | Making Robots for Everyday Life
Mark Chiappetta, VP of Adavanced Development at iRobot, talks about his current and past roles in developing robotic technologies. - CNNMoney.com |
| 6/22/2010 | Inside the Military-Robotics Complex
"The quiet, suburban neighborhoods and strip malls that line Route 128, the main highway that circumscribes the Greater Boston area, hardly betray the area's high-tech firepower." - ScientificAmerican.com |
| 6/15/2010 | On the Trail of Deep-Sea Oil
"Asper, a professor of marine science at the University of Southern Mississippi, will know more once he finishes analyzing data being collected by a deep-diving vessel built by iRobot Corp. in Bedford." - Boston.com |
| 6/6/2010 | TWIB: New England Companies and BP Clean Up
Tim Trainer, VP Programs at iRobot, talks about the iRobot Seaglider and its efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. - NECN |