家用机器人Roomba进化史
Jolie Kerr
2013-12-03
会扫地的机器人、会拖地的机器人、能够清理宠物毛发的机器人……这些不是幻想,而是已经在市面上销售的产品,而它们背后的公司则是大名鼎鼎的iRobot。如今,这家公司又推出了最新版的Roomba机器人,我们不妨借此机会来回顾一下它的进化史。
1990:iRobot公司成立 iRobot是一家专业制造军用和民用机器人的公司。最早由麻省理工学院(MIT)的三位机器人学家:科林•安格尔、海伦•格雷和罗德尼•布鲁克斯在特拉华州创立。iRobot公司现已公开上市,总部位于马萨诸塞州贝特福德,拥有500多名员工,在加州、英国、香港和中国都设有分支机构。2012年,iRobot和InTouch Health合作研发了医疗机器人RP-VITA。 |
1990: iRobot founded Three roboticists from MIT, Colin Angle, Helen Greiner, and Rodney Brooks, founded iRobot, a company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of military and domestic robots, in Delaware, Md. The company is now publicly traded and based in Bedford, Mass, with more than 500 employees in offices in Massachusetts, California, the U.K., Hong Kong, and China. In 2012, iRobot teamed up with InTouch Health to debut a telemedicine robot, the RP-VITA. |