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Posts tagged iRobot
Nov 26, 2013 “Interview: iRobot CTO”
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Interview: iRobot CTO Paolo Pirjanian Talks Present and Future of Robotics
July 12, 2013 “iRobot Reports $30M U.S. Army Contract”
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iRobot has been awarded a new $30 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract by the U.S. Army’s Robotic Systems Joint Program Office (RSJPO). The four-year contract entails the delivery of the company’s popular PackBot FasTac robotic systems and associated spares.
June 10, 2013 “iRobot and Cisco Collaborate on the AVA Telepresence Robot”
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iRobot and Cisco have teamed to bring the Ava 500 video collaboration robot to market. The robot blends iRobot’s autonomous navigation with Cisco’s TelePresence to enable people working off-site to participate in meetings and presentations where movement and location spontaneity are important.
April 17, 2012 – “iRobot Shells Out $10 Million For Dubstep Campaign”
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Robotic vacuum cleaner company, iRobot is starting a $10 million advertising campaign designed to promote its consumer line of robots, the Boston Globe reports. Colin Angle, iRobot chief executive, said the new ads are intended to convince a wider audience that a Roomba is more than just a “cool gadget that was right for these geeks.’’ Robots have steadily improved, said Angle, who declared “the era of robots is upon us.”
