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" In the end, robots do things that people can do. So there is a cost above which you can hire somebody to do it, and that bounds the opportunity. "
Colin Angle
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" I learned to canoe at summer camp and thought I'd pursue Olympic whitewater canoeing. In my senior year of high school, I instead decided to attend M.I.T. I like to say I've had only two jobs in my life: whitewater canoeing instructor and wilderness guide in college, and C.E.O. of iRobot. "
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" What did everyone think robot vacuuming was going to be? Well, they think Rosie the Robot from 'The Jetsons,' a human robot that pushed a vacuum. That was never going to happen. "
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Age
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Will
You
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Business
Financial
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