Since iRobot decided to release its iRobot Create do-it-yourself robot kit, robotics fans everywhere have been brainstorming the possibilities of what they could concoct with this relatively affordable Scooba/Roomba device. And, it sparked at least one challenge sponsored by Tom’s Hardware, the iRobot Create Challenge. Just what is that challenge? Well, they “threw down the [...]
CES 2007: iRobot Launches Create
For the last few years, enterprising robot hobbyists have hacked into iRobot’s popular Roomba robot to make their own autonomous robots. Now iRobot has decided to faciliate that modification even further by releasing iRobot Create, a do-it-yourself robot kit based on the Scooba/Roomba platform. The Create will be offered at a variety of price points, [...]
CNET News.com: My Life with Scooba
While the pioneering iRobot Roomba has managed to keep the shag carpet and hardwood floors of thousands of homes clean and lint-free, iRobot’s Scooba robotic floor washer has attempted to achieve the same level of domestic success. Michael Kanellos over at CNET News.com recently posted an in-depth review of his experiences with the Scooba, a write-up that [...]

iRobot Co-Founder Helen Greiner Interviewed
Helen Greiner, co-founder (along with Rodney Brooks and Colin Angle) of the successful robot company iRobot was recently a guest of the Wharton School’s entrepreneurship and technology clubs. An interview with her is up on their website, and there’s a podcast as well. In the interview, she talks about the mission of iRobot and how [...]

iRobot’s PackBot Joins Space Tech Hall of Fame
At the 22nd National Space Symposium — held in Colorado Spings, CO yesterday — iRobot’s PackBot was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame. Created with technology developed partially at JPL and and DARPA, the PackBot has proven itself to be the bomb disposal unit’s best friend, helping identify and disable improvised explosive [...]
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