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Insights on a Future Growth Industry: An Interview With Colin Angle, CEO, iRobot
8 January 2010
 
Mark Raskino  

In this Gartner Fellows interview, we explore the views of a chief executive and thought leader who is in the driver's seat of the rapidly growing mobile service robots industry.




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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Analysis
    • 1.0 Introduction
    • 2.0 Interview
      • 2.1 The Recession
      • 2.2 The Business Evolution of a New High-Tech Industry
      • 2.3 Serial Experimentation in Multiple-Use Categories
      • 2.4 The Evolution of Robot Platforms
      • 2.5 A Tricky Technology to Master
      • 2.6 Future Possibilities
      • 2.7 Serious Social Issues Ahead
      • 2.8 The Lighter Side
    • 3.0 Picture Appendix
  • Recommended Reading
Figures
Figure 1.
iRobot CEO Colin Angle (left) With Gartner Analyst Interviewer Mark Raskino (right)
Figure 2.
The Mission Statement of iRobot Corporation (headquarters entry lobby display)
Figure 3.
An Early Experimental Robot From Colin's Days at MIT (big innovations start small)
Figure 4.
A CoWorker Model Robot — A Mobile Industrial Robot Market Experiment, Circa 2002
Figure 5.
The One Millionth Roomba Floor-Vacuuming Consumer Robot
Figure 6.
A PackBot Bomb Disposal Robot Returned to the Company After Being "Killed" on Active Service
Figure 7.
iRobot Headquarters in Bedford Massachusetts Today




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