Robot Living

According to Xconomy, as of October 22, Helen Greiner has stepped down as chairman of iRobot.

iRobot is a Massachusetts based company that makes the Roomba household vacuum robot as well as several robots for the armed forces like the Packbot.

Helen was instrumental in founding the company in 1990 along with Rodney Brooks and Colin Angle. Rodney Brooks stepped down last month as well, leaving Colin Angle as the only original founder.

You may read the press release here.

Link via (Wired)

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