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iRobot Board of Directors Now Includes Paul Sagan

“Given iRobot’s current market position and projected global growth, the time was right to enhance our board with additional technology industry talent and business leadership.", shared Colin Angle, iRobot's co-founder and CEO.

Free PR2 Robots Offered to Open Source Robotics Researchers

10 lucky research organizations will stand to benefit from Willow Garage's PR2 Beta Program, under which they will each be granted free use of one PR2 robot and earn the privilege to participate in the advancement of open source robotics development.

2010 Looking Bright For Robotic Vacuum Cleaners

If Popular Mechanics's list of "22 Top Products" and CES' own "Last Gadget Standing" awards are any indication, robotic vacuum cleaners like the Neato XV-11 and the Evolution Mint are going to make it big in 2010.

International CES Show Day # 3 (January 9, 2010)

Since we had already covered all of the booths that had to pertain to robotics, we wanted to attend "The Last Gadget Standing" show.  The show started at 10:30 in one of the meeting rooms.  I arrived at the show doors early.

International CES Show Day # 2 (January 8, 2010)

Day # 2 was very eventful and there were a few new robotic booths that we didn't get to on the first day.  

International CES Show Day # 1 (January 7, 2010)

What a day it has been!  It has been eventful, fun, exciting, tiring, and I am actually a little relieved that the day is over. There is just so much to see, which I suppose is why it's spanned out over 4 days.  

Evolution's Mint Takes On The iRobot Scooba

The war of the floor cleaners heats up some more. In the case of the Mint Cleaner and the Scooba, it's a battle of robotic floor mops.

iRobot reaches milestone - over 5 million robots sold.

As new robots enter the robotic vacuum cleaner arena, iRobot reminds them just who is king of the hill.

Google Android OS To Power ASUS "EeeBot" Robots

Called EeeBots, the robots will merge the immensely popular Eee brand with the rapidly rising Google-supported operating system, Android.

International Consumer Electronics Show 2010 is a few days away!!

This year I am going to attend the 2010 International CES show located in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Last year there weren't a lot of robots offered and hopefully that will change this year.

Can Asus Open Up a New Niche In The Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market?

It would be interesting to see whether Asus can impact the robo-vac market in the same way as it did with the notebook market..

LG Roboking Joins Looming Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Wars

iRobot's Roomba now has two contenders to its throne.

Neato XV-11 Robot Looks Fit To Dance With The Roomba

Looks like a robot vacuum cleaner war is brewing.

iRobot Co-Founder's Startup Wins Grant To Build Inspector Robots

Helen Greiner's newly renamed company, CyPhy Works Inc., has just been awarded a $2.4 million research grant to build unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for inspecting buildings, bridges and other civil infrastructures.

Review of CatGenie (120 Model)

The only automatic cat box that flushes waste away and, like a cat, washes itself clean.

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Is the New Neato XV-11 Robot ugly to you?
YES!! Can we say U G L Y?
8%
It's kinda ugly.
27%
It looks OK to me.
43%
I like how it looks.
0%
It is ugly but if the claims hold up to what they say, I'm getting one!!
19%
I dig the retro look!!
3%
Total votes: 37

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