Colin Angle is the CEO and co-founder of iRobot, a robotics company that for 29 years has been creating robots that operate successfully in the real world, not as a demo or on a scale of dozens, but on a scale of thousands and millions. As of this year, iRobot has sold more than 25 million robots to consumers, including the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot, the Braava floor mopping robot, and soon the Terra lawn mowing robot. 25 million robots successfully operating autonomously in people's homes to me is an incredible accomplishment of science, engineering, logistics, and all kinds of entrepreneurial innovation. Note: I accidentally say 29 million not 25 million in the video. iRobot may very well be close to (if not over) the 29 million mark, but the most recent official number is over 25 million. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. INFO:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:52 - Three laws of robotics
4:50 - Robots in the home
13:32 - How to build a successful robotics company
23:21 - Autonomous vehicles and home robotics (Tesla, Lidar, Vision)
26:21 - Robot in every home
27:24 - Data, privacy, and trust
32:58 - Human-level intelligence
35:26 - Data from Star Trek
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