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Roomba CEO's new home robot: not humanoid!
What if the next big wave of AI isn’t about robots doing your chores but about robots that understand you?
In this episode, we sit down with Colin Angle, co-founder of iRobot and the creator of the Roomba, to explore his bold new venture: Familiar Machines and Magic. After putting over 50 million robots into homes, Angle is now betting on something radically different: a quadruped AI companion designed not for work, but for connection.
This isn’t a humanoid.
It’s not a vacuum.
It’s something entirely new.
Powered by on-device multimodal AI, this “familiar” can follow you around your home…
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