A Quote by Colin Angle

The name iRobot comes from 'Internet-connected robot.'

Colin Angle

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Connected Internet Name Robot

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Colin Angle
American - Businessman
Born: 1967

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 of solving generalized artificial intelligence was still far away, but heck, I could rent brains by hiring operators. iRobot was the name of the company and one of our most ambitious projects, iRobot LE.

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Florence Welch

I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!

Lech Walesa

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And once an intelligent robot exists, it is only a small step to a robot species - to an intelligent robot that can make evolved copies of itself.

Bill Joy

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Colin Angle

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Alan Moore

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Rajneesh

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Jim Gilliam

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